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borgne

English translation: one-eyed vertebra sign OR pedicle sign (voir ci-dessous)

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French term or phrase:borgne
English translation:one-eyed vertebra sign OR pedicle sign (voir ci-dessous)
Entered by: Annie Robberecht, C. Tr.

17:23 Jan 31, 2001
French to English translations [Non-PRO]
Medical
French term or phrase: borgne
Context: Radiology report that shows sites of disease involvement; one of these sites is in the dorsal spine and entered as "D8 dorgne"
sktrans
one-eyed vertebra sign OR pedicle sign (voir ci-dessous)
Explanation:
terme utilisé au sujet des compressions médullaires
D8 = vertèbre dorsale numéro 8

vertèbre borgne :
vertèbre caractérisée par une altération lytique d'un seul pédicule, observée dans les tumeurs secondaires du rachis. (On parle de vertèbre aveugle quand l'altération touche les deux pédicules.)

radiographic features:
vertebral body collapse, soft tissue mass, pedicle sign
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Annie Robberecht, C. Tr.
Local time: 18:20
Grading comment
Thanks so much. Your explanation of a "vertèbre borgne" was excellent and fit perfectly the context I was working on.
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nablind
trans4u (X)
naincomplete
AVST
naone-eyed vertebra sign OR pedicle sign (voir ci-dessous)
Annie Robberecht, C. Tr.


  

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2 hrs
blind


Explanation:
The only meaning that I have been able to find for that "borgne" is "blind"

Maybe they are talking about a blind area in the dorsal spine.
G. Luck
Bye


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4 hrs
incomplete


Explanation:
This is just a guess from having worked for a radiologist years ago.

Borgne would seem to mean that either a part of D8 is missing or eroded away.

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one-eyed vertebra sign OR pedicle sign (voir ci-dessous)


Explanation:
terme utilisé au sujet des compressions médullaires
D8 = vertèbre dorsale numéro 8

vertèbre borgne :
vertèbre caractérisée par une altération lytique d'un seul pédicule, observée dans les tumeurs secondaires du rachis. (On parle de vertèbre aveugle quand l'altération touche les deux pédicules.)

radiographic features:
vertebral body collapse, soft tissue mass, pedicle sign



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Annie Robberecht, C. Tr.
Local time: 18:20
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in pair: 187
Grading comment
Thanks so much. Your explanation of a "vertèbre borgne" was excellent and fit perfectly the context I was working on.
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