Glossary entry

French term or phrase:

lacune/image lacunaire

English translation:

Lacunar image

Added to glossary by Drmanu49
May 17, 2017 15:00
7 yrs ago
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French term

lacune/image lacunaire

French to English Medical Medical (general) Imaging report
Good morning/afternoon,

I have several occurences of these terms in a series of CT scans and MRIs in a patient with two intracerebral hematomas.

According to the Granddictionnaire, both of these terms can mean "filling defect," but I could really use some help understanding this.

Here are several examples from my document.
Scan cérébral C-
Petite image lacunaire adjacente à la portion inférieure de la tête du noyau caudé gauche mesurant 8mm.
Petite lacune à la capsule interne droite.

IRM cérébral C-
La petite lacune du bras postérieur de la capsule interne droite décrite sur l'examen antérieur démontre ce jour une restriction de la diffusion, témoignant de son caractère récent.

And then "lacunaire" appears again in a different context (on MRI report):
On visualise également une petite séquelle hémorragique linéaire touchant la partie postéro-interne du noyau lenticulaire droit, ansi qu'une séquelle d'allure lacunaire paraventriculaire discrètement plus haut située.

FYI, from granddictionnaire: lacune, image lacunaire

Définition

Diminution de la densité radiographique qui se traduit par une image plus ou moins bien limitée, de tonalité anormalement claire, siégeant au niveau d'un organe ou d'un tissu.
Notes

La lacune peut être spontanément visible (par exemple au niveau d'un os) ou nécessiter l'utilisation d'un produit de contraste afin d'en dessiner les contours.

Thank you!!
Proposed translations (English)
4 +1 Lacunar image
Change log

May 20, 2017 22:40: Drmanu49 changed "Edited KOG entry" from "<a href="/profile/1738349">Denise Pavao's</a> old entry - "lacune/image lacunaire"" to ""Lacunar image ""

Discussion

Denise Pavao (asker) May 17, 2017:
Great - thank you Dr Manu.
Drmanu49 May 17, 2017:
Yes small lacuna is fine. Check my last ref.
Denise Pavao (asker) May 17, 2017:
@ Dr Manu: Thank you for providing an answer. I actually put "lacunar image" as a place filler for the first occurence. (However, it seems weird to have "small" in front of lacunar image.)
Would "petite lacune" then simply be a "small lacuna?"

Proposed translations

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Lacunar image

[Lacunar image of the liver in Hodgkin's disease]. - NCBI
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/5503073 - Traduire cette page
de G Juillard - ‎1970
J Radiol Electrol Med Nucl. 1970 Mar-Apr;51(3):176-7. [Lacunar image of the liver in Hodgkin's disease]. [Article in French]. Juillard G, Pierotti T, Abbès M, Pinto ...

CT brain image gallery - Lacunar Infarcts - Radiology Masterclass
www.radiologymasterclass.co.uk/...images/lacunar_infarct_ct...
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CT brain images - example of lacunar infarcts as seen on CT head. Small areas of low density are due to infarction of the MCA territory perforator arteries.

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Note added at 14 minutes (2017-05-17 15:14:28 GMT)
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And lacuna for the noun

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Note added at 21 minutes (2017-05-17 15:22:02 GMT)
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Consecutive Lacunar Strokes Mimicking Brainstem Symptoms in a ...
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26185957 - Traduire cette page
de A Stocker - ‎2015 - ‎Autres articles
Here we report on a patient with an acute small lacunar ischemic lesion who ... imaging revealed a small ischemic lacuna within the right internal capsule.
Peer comment(s):

agree Nikki Scott-Despaigne
1 min
Thank you Nikki.
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