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Chronic Cervical Disc DiseaseAka: Hard Cervical Disc Lesion, Cervical Spondylosis

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  1. See Also
    1. Cervical Disc Disease
  2. Mechanism: Chronic disc degeneration (disc space narrows)
    1. Vertebrae move closer
      1. Spurs or Osteophytes form at disc edges, Luschka
    2. Foramen Narrows
      1. Nerve root is compressed
      2. Results in mild root inflammation and Swelling
  3. Epidemiology
    1. Chronic disorder in older patients
  4. Complications
    1. Cervical Spondylotic Myelopathy

Cervical spondylosis without myelopathy (C0158241)

ConceptsDisease or Syndrome (T047)
ICD9721.0
EnglishCERVICAL SPONDYLOSIS, Cervical spondylosis without myelopathy
Spanishespondilosis cervical sin mielopatia
Parent ConceptsSpondylosis and allied disorders (C0158240), Cervical spondylosis (C1384641), Ambiguous concept (C1274012), Duplicate concept (C1274013)
SourcesICD9CM, MTH, SCTSPA, SNOMEDCT
Derived from the NIH UMLS (Unified Medical Language System)



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