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Back of thorax

Known as: chest back, Thoracic back, back chest 
Subdivision of thorax, which is the posterior part of the thorax and is demarcated from the chest by the external surface of the posterolateral part… 
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2011
2011
Fetal development of deep back muscles in the human thoracic region with a focus on transversospinalis muscles and the medial branch of the spinal nerve posterior ramus
Fetal development of human deep back muscles has not yet been fully described, possibly because of the difficulty in identifying… 
2010
2010
DE NOVO RELAPSING-REMITTING MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS FOLLOWING AUTOLOGOUS STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION
We report a 62-year-old man with a relapsing-remitting phenotype characteristic of early adulthood multiple sclerosis (MS). Onset… 
2006
2006
A Distant‐Range, Suicidal Shotgun Wound of the Back
ABSTRACT: The case being reported is one of a shotgun fatality with a thoracic back wound. A 23‐year‐old man was shot from a… 
2003
2003
Favorable Outcome of Long-lasting Thoracic Spondylodiscitis with Spinal Epidural Abscess Induced by Staphylococcus aureus
A favorable outcome in chronic spondylodiscitis with epidural abscess is rare. A 65-year-old woman developed recurrent, localized… 
1999
1999
Solitary thoracic intradural extramedullary ependymoma
Review
1993
Review
1993
Primary Mediastinal Leiomyosarcoma
A 44-year-old woman complaining of thoracic back pain was found to have a large mediastinal leiomyosarcoma. This was completely… 
1993
1993
Chronic idiopathic mediastinal fibrosis presenting with malaise, pleuritis and thoracic back pain.
A patient with chronic idiopathic mediastinal fibrosis (MF) without concomitant retroperitoneal fibrosis is reported. He… 
1992
1992
Correction facility TB rates soar; some jails bring back chest roentgenograms.
  • A. Skolnick
  • Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA…
  • 1992
  • Corpus ID: 26819852
COOK COUNTY JAIL in Chicago, Ill, has reintroduced chest x-ray screening of inmates to control the spread of tuberculosis (TB… 
1988
1988
Occurrence of spinal pain syndromes in a group of apparently healthy and physically fit sportsmen (orienteers).
The prevalence of three spine-related pain syndromes was assessed in 739 apparently healthy leisure-time sportsmen (orienteers… 
1976
1976
A suicidal gunshot wound of the back.
An 18-year-old woman committed suicide by shooting herself in the right temple, presternal region, and lower thoracic back. The… 
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