Disk degenerative disease in childhood: Scheuermann's disease, Schmorl's nodes, and the limbus vertebra: MRI findings in 12 patients

Abstract

Twelve pediatric patients were studied with MRI. All had various disk problems including Scheuermann's disease, Schmorl's nodes and limbus vertebrae. All patients shared loss of disk height, altered disk hydration and variable herniation of nuclear material.

Lysis at the anterior vertebral body margin: evidence for brucellar spondylitis?

“…Continuity of disc material beneath the detached marginal fragment(s) has been demonstrated in cadaver preparations (Schmorl & Junghanns, 1971: Fig. 170), and in living patients by discography (Ghelman & Freiberger, 1976) and MRI (Hennales et al, 1993;Swischuk et al, 1998). Bone at the edges of the defect on the vertebral body becomes somewhat sclerotic due to remodelling of the lesion margins (Yagan, 1984;Hennales et al, 1993).…”

An Epidemiologic Study of MRI and Low Back Pain in 13-Year-Old Children

“…However, because almost all lumbar structures can elicit pain, 7 it is reasonable to assume that morphologic changes of the lumbar spine play a role in LBP. Different types of endplate changes (Scheuermann disease, Schmorl nodes) have previously been described in relation to LBP in children and adolescents, 8 and disc herniations have also been found. 9 To identify "abnormalities" in young lumbar spines, it is necessary to define the limits of "normality."…”

Enfermedad de Scheuermann lumbar atípica: a propósito de 6 casos

“…En la serie de Blumental et al 7 existen antecedentes de traumatismo en 4 de sus 7 casos y McCall et al 11 aportan una serie de pacientes con hernias intravertebrales tras traumatismos. Swischuk et al 10 también afirman que, aunque existen datos para asociar la enfermedad de Scheurmann con una epifisitis traumática, ellos creen más en la etiología debida a degeneración discal como afirmaba Schmorl 12 . Heithoff et al 13 encuentran que en el 55% de los pacientes con enfermedad de Scheuermann existen imágenes de alteración discal en IRM comparando con un grupo control donde solo aparecen en el 10% de los casos.…”