Sentences with phrase «radiographic signs»
The phrase "radiographic signs" refers to visible indications or clues that can be seen on x-ray images or radiographs. These signs help doctors or radiologists identify or diagnose certain conditions or abnormalities in a patient's body. Full definition
Scintigraphy of the carpi and metacarpi of racing greyhounds shows many areas of increased bone remodeling, sometimes in the absence of radiographic signs of injury (Zuber et al. 1996).
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The images revealed that 90 percent of those cats over the age of 12 showed radiographic signs of arthritis.
In the study, «Prevalence of Radiographic Abnormalities in Senior Athletes with Well - functioning Hips,» researchers evaluated the hips of 546 senior athletes (1,087 hips) with an average age of 67 (57 percent were male) for radiographic signs of FAI and dysplasia.
The classic radiographic signs of discospondylitis are collapsed intervertebral disc space with lysis of the adjacent vertebral end plates and variable endplate sclerosis.
The telltale radiographic sign of osteosarcoma is lysis, or eating away, of the affected bone.
The most reliable and definitive diagnosis might possibly be by a series of radiographs which can show the early, middle, and late phases of the disease, but even then radiographic signs can be so minimal that they can be missed, even if the animal exhibits clinical signs and a number of films are correctly exposed.
On the other hand, some investigators remain skeptical because hyperthermia (fever), which is a reliable sign in most diagnosed cases, was not recorded in the experimentally over-nourished dogs in the main nutrition study, and certain histologic and radiographic signs found in HOD cases in the field were not seen in the experiment dogs.
OFA offers preliminary evaluations at any age, but does not give permanent certification until two years of age, when over 95 percent of affected dogs will show radiographic signs.
Postadulticide pulmonary thromboembolic complications are most likely to occur in heavily infected dogs already exhibiting clinical and radiographic signs of severe pulmonary arterial vascular obstruction, especially if CHF is present.
Class I is asymptomatic to mild HW disease, with no clinical or radiographic signs and no laboratory abnormalities.
However, radiographic signs of osteoarthritis do not always correlate with clinical function.
Radiographic signs of epiphyseal dysgenesis (underdeveloped epiphyses throughout the long bones), shortened vertebral bodies, and delayed epiphyseal closure are common.
Xrays tell you where bone damage is (and 90 % of cats over the age of 10 will have some radiographic signs), but not whether those areas are painful.