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Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, 1933;15:679-695.
© 1933 by The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, Inc

ENLARGEMENT OF THE INTERVERTEBRAL DISC ASSOCIATED WITH DECALCIFICATION OF THE VERTEBRAL BODY: A COMPENSATORY HYPERTROPHY

BARCLAY W. MOFFAT M.D.1

1 New York Post-Graduate Hospital

Five cases of pathological fractures are outlined, in which the changes shown by x-ray were found to indicate the decalcification of the vertebral bodies and enlargement of the intervertebral discs.

This enlargement is believed to be due to a hypertrophy of the cellular elements of the discs, rather than to expansion of the nucleus pulposus.

The occurrence of these enlarged discs in an x-ray of a spine is indicative of impairment of the integrity of the spine.

Pathological fractures may occur in vertebral bodies without local disease, as the result of faulty metabolism.


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