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Osteophyte

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Osteophyte 

a small, circumscribed, single or multiple bony excrescence. An osteophyte is usually caused either by mechanical injury or by infectious inflammatory processes, for example, osteomyelitis and syphilis. Being asymptomatic in most cases, it is detected by roentgenography and does not require specific treatment. Osteophytes are surgically removed if they cause pain or restrict movement.
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4) More common conditions such as ankylosing spondylitis and cervical spondylosis may also cause pronounced anterior osteophyte formation of the cervical vertebrae and consequent dysphagia.
A decade of unexplained dysphagia by Burgess, Christopher; Hughes, Richard; Griffiths, Stewart; Cadoux-Hudson, Thomas / Ear, Nose and Throat Journal
The presence/absence of each stigma of ACJ osteoarthritis including sclerosis, cysts, lysis, and osteophytes was scored as one/zero.
Radiological features of osteoarthritis of the acromiclavicular joint ... by R G C Pennington and N J Bottomley and D Neen and H C Brownlow / Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery
As the condition progresses, the joint may become disfigured and small growths called osteophytes begin to grow inside the joints.
Osteoarthritis - Causes, Symptoms and Treatment by samnickel2 / Health, general community
 
 
 
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