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osteophyte (bone spur)

Etiology: - intervertebral disk disease, osteoarthritis of the spine - diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis (DISH) Pathology: - a projection of bone that occurs at sites of cartilage degeneration or destruction near joints & intervertebral discs - osteophyte formation is a radiologic sign of osteoarthritis, but not a cause of symptoms in itself

Related

intervertebral disk osteoarthritis of the spine

Specific

heel spur (osteophyte) hook-like osteophyte

General

abnormal morphologic structure (malformation)

References

  1. The Bantam Medical Dictionary, Bantam Books, New York, 1981
  2. Stedman's Medical Dictionary 26th ed, Williams & Wilkins, Baltimore, 1995
  3. Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine, 14th ed. Fauci et al (eds), McGraw-Hill Inc. NY, 1998, pg 1938