KÑŒmmell disease

KÑŒmmell disease
KÑŒmmell-Verneuil disease compression fracture of vertebra; a complex of symptoms coming on in a few weeks after spinal injury, and consisting of pain in the spine, intercostal neuralgia, motor disturbances of the legs, and a gibbus of the spine which is painful on pressure and easily reduced by extension. Called also posttraumatic spondylitis.

Medical dictionary. 2011.

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  • KÑŒmmell disease (spondylitis) — KÑŒm·mell disease (spondylitis) (keґməl) [Hermann KÑŒmmell, German surgeon, 1852–1937] see under disease …   Medical dictionary

  • KÑŒmmell-Verneuil disease — KÑŒm·mell Ver·neuil disease (keґməl vār nweґ) [H. KÑŒmmell; Aristide August Stanislas Verneuil, French surgeon, 1823–1895] KÑŒmmell disease …   Medical dictionary

  • posttraumatic spondylitis — KÑŒmmell disease …   Medical dictionary

  • traumatic spondylopathy — KÑŒmmell disease …   Medical dictionary

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