[PDF] Top 20 Mastalgia Due to Degenerative Changes of the Spine

... A careful history and physical examination should eliminate extramammary causes such as musculoskeletal causes, cervical radiculopa- thy, costochondritis or intercostal muscle strain. Trietze’s syndrome is pain at the ... See full document

... the spine also called spon- dylophytes, are described by reactive bone hypertrophy, seen as bony spurs arising from the vertebral body close to the vertebral endplate in a horizontal configuration (maximum of ... See full document

... Cysts of the ligamentum flavum have myxoid degener- ation and arise from or are partially embedded in the inner surface of this ligament, and in contrast to juxta-articular cysts, are not related to the facet joint ... See full document

... Case presentation: This 68-year-old Caucasian male presented with intractable low back pain refractory to maximal conservative treatment, including medication and extensive physical therapy. The lumbar computed ... See full document

... entire spine and classified as “marginal spondylophytes” or as “hyperostotic spondylo- phytes” [10] ...of degenerative changes of the facet joints be- tween the 12 th thoracic and the first sacral ... See full document

... by degenerative disc disease: it interrupts the cascade of degenerative changes in the spine, reproduces the correct anatomical rela− tionships, and retains ability of movement [19, ... See full document

... of degenerative spine disease have a high prevalence among asymptomatic ...ative changes such as disk degeneration, disk signal loss, disk height loss, disk protrusion, and facet arthropathy are ... See full document

... The claw pattern on diffusion is a qualitative and morphologic finding. Experience with teaching this subjective sign to clinical readers shows that there is a learning curve. Readers with greater experience apply the ... See full document

... with degenerative disorders of the lumbar spine after first-time LSF ...to changes in timing of adequate LSF management and decision mak- ing for both patients and ... See full document

... the spine, and over the years, articles have focused both on technique to show the changes of spondylosis and anatomic pathologic correlations in these ...cadaver spine specimens enlightened us to ... See full document

... The degenerative disc disease with neg- ative in fl ammatory laboratories raised the possibility of spinal cord ...the spine was performed, and focal areas of restricted diffusion were seen (Fig 2), ... See full document

... the degenerative setting, any neurological worsening after surgery is an unexpected ...identify changes in sensory pathways, which run through the posterior columns of the spinal ... See full document

... different degenerative diseases even before entering into the degenerative phase of old ...age. Degenerative joint disease common- ly troubles the human being causing pain, there- by, considerably ... See full document

... lumbar spine, but only a few studies discussing the MCs in cer- vical ...Histological changes in type 2 was that the yellow fatty marrow took the place of vertebral endplates and in type 3 was sclerotic ... See full document

... cervical spine changes is a prerequisite for precise and consistent communication about Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) ...of degenerative findings when assessing cervical spine ...cervical ... See full document

... The spine was approached through a classic posterior midline incision and subperiosteal muscular detachment. Resection of the spinous process and laminae was per- formed using an osteotome. The facetectomy side ... See full document

... lumbar spine struc- tures [3] or even the result of centrally mediated pain in the absence of nociception ...and degenerative disc disease (DDD). In Swedish Spine register of spinal surgery patients ... See full document

... Previous results from the PREPARE study published by Lindbäck et al. [25] show an improvement in physical activity level and in fear-avoidance beliefs after the pre- surgery intervention. Fear avoidance behavior as an ... See full document

... aging changes [Pawelec, 2014 #5057;Koopman, 2017 #5016;Galvez, 2017 #4937;Straub, 2017 ...subtle changes could occur to the CNS 'set-point' that controls whole body inflammatory 'tone' which may exacerbate ... See full document

... Culture findings were positive in 20 patients: 18 infants had positive findings on blood cultures; one had positive findings on CSF culture and gastric aspirate culture and negative find[r] ... See full document