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AI InsightAlthough IDC may accompany some systemic diseases and immobilization, it is probable that the main common factors are aging and degeneration of the intervertebral disc in elderly patients.
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Abstract
Chondrocalcinosis or intervertebral disc calcification (IDC) denotes a deposition of hydroxyapatite or calcium pyrophosphate dihydrate crystals within annulus fibrosus and/or nucleus pulposus of the disc. The prevalence of IDC increases with age and extent of disc space loss. An 80-year-old female that was referred to us due to back pain complaint had diffuse calcification of the thoracic intervertebral discs on her plain x-rays (AP, lateral). In the light of laboratory and clinical tests results, the patient was diagnosed as a case of IDC and degenerative disc disease. Although IDC may accompany some systemic diseases and immobilization, it is probable that the main common factors are aging and degeneration of the intervertebral disc in elderly patients.
Özet
Kondrokalsinozis veya intervertebral disk kalsifikasyonu (İVDK) hidroksiapatit veya kalsiyum pirofosfat dihidrat kristallerinin diskin anulus fibrozus ve/veya nukleus pulpozusunda birikmesidir. İVDK görülme sıklığı yaşla ve disk aralığının azalması ile artar. Sırt ağrısı yakınması ile kliniğimize gönderilen 80 yaşındaki kadın olgunun torakal (AP, lateral) radyografilerinde yaygın torasik İVDK mevcuttu. Klinik ve laboratuar testler doğrultusunda olguya dejeneratif disk hastalığı ve İVDK tanısı konuldu. İVDK bazı sistemik hastalıklara ve immobilizasyona eşlik edebilmesine rağmen muhtemelen İVDK'lı yaşlı olgularda en yaygın etkenler, yaşlanma ve intervertebral disk dejenerasyonudur.