Kümmell's diseasen.
/ˈkʊmlz dᵻˌziːz/, U.S. /ˈkɪməlz dəˌziz/ Pathology.
Delayed collapse of a vertebra after an injury.
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1903 Index-Catal. Library Surg.-General's Office U.S. Army 2nd Ser. VIII. 874/2 (heading) Kümmel's [sic] disease.
1923 Jrnl. 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.
1951 Amer. Jrnl. Surg. 81 166/2 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.
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