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HYPODENSITE [4 records]

Record 1 2012-02-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Tomography
CONT

Adrenoleukodystrophy: Unenhanced scan shows extensive and almost symmetrical low-density areas within the frontal white matter. (Radiology, 1979, vol. 130, no. 2, p. 377).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tomographie
DEF

Zone circonscrite d’hypodensité homogène qui correspond à une clarté pathologique.

Spanish

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Record 2 2012-02-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Medical Imaging
  • Radiography (Medicine)
CONT

Abnormal periventricular areas of decreased attenuation (hypodensity) in the white matter may be seen on the CT scan in a variety of pathological conditions [involving the brain] ...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Imagerie médicale
  • Radiographie (Médecine)
DEF

Zone de densité inférieure à la moyenne normale pour un tissu donné.

Spanish

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Record 3 2000-08-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Bones and Joints
DEF

The natural process by which the body replenishes resorbed bone.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Os et articulations
CONT

Les abcès paravertébraux sont mieux délimités après injection intra-veineuse de contraste, de même que les extensions épidurales. Aux stades de guérison, on observe la disparition de l'hypodensité du foyer discovertébral, la régression des abcès, la reminéralisation osseuse et l'apparition de signes de reconstruction périphérique.

Spanish

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Record 4 1992-09-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Radiography (Medicine)
  • Musculoskeletal System
DEF

A pattern of calcification characteristic of lipomas involving the corpus callosum. The calcification surrounds a lucency centrally situated in the midline in the area of the corpus callosum. [From MESRO, 1984, vol. 3, p. 505.]

French

Domaine(s)
  • Radiographie (Médecine)
  • Appareil locomoteur (Médecine)
DEF

Calcification intracrânienne caractéristique des lipomes du corps calleux. Elle siège dans la capsule tumorale de part et d’autre de la ligne médiane et encadre une hypodensité. [D'après EMSQU, 31647, A10, 1987, p. 17. ]

OBS

source c : EMSQU, 31647, A10, 1987, p. 17.

Spanish

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