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syndesmophyte

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syn·des·mo·phyte (sn-dzm-ft)
n.
An osseous excrescence attached to a ligament.
syndesmophyte
[sindez′məfīt]
a bony growth attached to a ligament. It is found between adjacent vertebrae in ankylosing spondylitis.


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Lower thoracic and lumbar spine assessment revealed syndesmophytes and bamboo spine.
Correspondence by Southern Medical Journal
On radiography, the destructive pattern in the end plates of the vertebral bodies were seen, but there was no facet joint ankylosis or syndesmophyte formation (Fig 4).
Destructive Diskovertebral Lesions in Ankylosing Spondylitis: ... by KANBEROGLU, AYFER / Southern Medical Journal
 
 
 
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