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Her symptoms of back and leg pain were due to severe facet joint and disc arthropathy, as well as neural entrapment.
http://www.spineuniverse.com/professional/case-studies/wang/...

To this date, the medical evidence does not support the use of disc arthropathy except in a single level situation, when the rest of the spine is pristine. That is certainly not
the case in this individual
http://www.tdi.texas.gov/medcases/iro/2007/november/preautho...

Sclerosis of the vertebral bodies, the vacuum phenomenon or calcification of the discs (lesions noted in degenerative disc arthropathy) are rarely found in the spine of patients with DISH (Harris J et al, 1974; Resnick D and Niwayama G,1976; Resnick D et al, 1978)
Σκλήρυνση των σπονδυλικών σωμάτων, φαινόμενο «κενού» ή ασβέστωση των δίσκων (αλλοιώσεις παρατηρούμενες στην εκφυλιστική δισκαρθροπάθεια) σπάνια απαντώνται στη ΣΣ των ασθενών με DISH (Harris J et al, 1974; Resnick D and Niwayama G, 1976; Resnick D et al, 1978)
http://www.e-rheumatology.gr/scientific-articles/diaxyti-idi...

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Note added at 16 ώρες (2013-07-28 06:23:16 GMT)
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Στη δεύτερη αναφορά μάλλον arthroplasty ήθελαν να γράψουν.