作者: JACK L. STUBER , ENRIQUE PALACIOS
关键词: Radiology 、 Lumbar spine 、 Surgery 、 Lumbar 、 Medicine 、 Sign (mathematics) 、 Vertebral body 、 Acromegaly
摘要: Roentgenograms of the thoracic and lumbar spine 38 acromegalic patients were evaluated to determine frequency posterior vertebral body scalloping.Scalloping was found in a significant number patients, particularly region. The occurrence this sign has not been adequately emphasized past.Possible pathogenic mechanisms are briefly discussed.