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Kummell disease

rare

A disease that presents as vertebral osteonecrosis typically affecting a thoracic vertebra with compression deformity, intravertebral vacuum cleft, and exaggerated kyphosis weeks to months after a minor traumatic injury.

Identifiers
MONDO:0003940
Part of
OsteonecrosisSpondyloarthropathyVertebral disorder
Also known as
avascular necrosis of a vertebral body · bony vertebral centrum osteonecrosis · Kummell's disease · osteonecrosis of bony vertebral centrum · traumatic spondylopathy

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