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Kümmell's disease Path.|ˈkʏməlz dɪˈziːz|
[f. the name of Hermann Kümmell (1852–1937), German surgeon.]
Delayed collapse of a vertebra after an injury.
1903Index-Catal. Library Surg.-General's Office U.S. Army 2nd Ser. VIII. 874/2 (heading) Kümmel's [sic] disease. 1923Jrnl. Amer. Med. Assoc. 1 Dec. 1866/1 Kümmell's disease is a distinct clinical entity, having as its basic origin a traumatism to the spine, which may be mild or severe. 1951Amer. Jrnl. Surg. LXXXI. 166/2 The diagnosis of Kümmell's disease is not justified without negative lateral roentgenograms taken in the early postinjury period, with later films showing positive findings of collapse. |