CALCIFICATION OF INTERVERTEBRAL DISCS IN CHILDREN
https://doi.org/10.14531/ss2013.2.50-54
Abstract
The paper presents a report of two cases of intervertebral disc calcification in children, both in the thoracic spine of 12- and 8-year-old girls. X-ray, CT and MRI findings were compared with clinical and radiological data of intervertebral disc calcification published in the medical literature.
About the Authors
Oksana Borisovna Medvedeva
Municipal Children’s Hospital No.1, Saint Petersburg
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Natalya Aleksandrovna Ilyina
North-Western State Medical University n.a. I.I. Mechnikov, St. Petersburg
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Aleksandr Yuryevich Mushkin
Federal State Institution Saint-Petersburg Research Institute of Phthisiopulmonology
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Viktor Pavlovich Snischuk
Leningrad Regional Children Clinical Hospital, St. Petersburg
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Marina Aleksandrovna Kirbyatieva
Leningrad Regional Children Clinical Hospital, St. Petersburg
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
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Review
For citations:
Medvedeva O.B., Ilyina N.A., Mushkin A.Yu., Snischuk V.P., Kirbyatieva M.A. CALCIFICATION OF INTERVERTEBRAL DISCS IN CHILDREN. Russian Journal of Spine Surgery (Khirurgiya Pozvonochnika). 2013;(2):050-054. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.14531/ss2013.2.50-54
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