Limbus Vertebra

Anterior Limbus Vertebra and Intervertebral Disk Degeneration in Japanese Collegiate Gymnasts

BACKGROUND Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) studies have shown that gymnasts have a high prevalence of radiological abnormalities, such as intervertebral disk degeneration (IDD) and anterior limbus vertebra (ALV). These 2 abnormalities may coexist at the same spinal level. However, the relationship between IDD and ALV remains unclear. HYPOTHESIS A significant relationship exists between IDD a...

Solitary xanthoma of the limbus.

An Ix-year-old Caucasian boy was seen at the Indiana University Medical Center, Department of Ophthalmology, because of a yellow limbal lesion of the left eye which had been first noted 2 years previously, and which had been progressively enlarging. The family history was not contributory. The child was premature, but developed normally with no history of significant systemic or ocular disease....

Improving vertebra segmentation through joint vertebra-rib atlases

Accurate spine segmentation allows for improved identification and quantitative characterization of abnormalities of the vertebra, such as vertebral fractures. However, in existing automated vertebra segmentation methods on computed tomography (CT) images, leakage into nearby bones such as ribs occurs due to the close proximity of these visibly intense structures in a 3D CT volume. To reduce th...

Vertebroplasty of Cervical Vertebra

BACKGROUND The first vertebroplasty was performed by Harve Deramond in France in 1984 due to a hemangioma of cervical vertebral body. Procedure technique consisted of inserting a needle through the bony palate of the oral cavity. Bone cement injected under pressure not only fills the areas of bone loss. The heat released in the process of crystallization causes denaturation of pathological tiss...

Secondary Amyloid Infiltration around the Limbus.