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Appendice sain en position modale
Oct 1, 2019 15:36
4 yrs ago
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français term

six calibre

français vers anglais Médecine Médecine (général)
From the background information section of a report from a CT scan as part of a regular pre-renal transplantation work-up: "Bilan pour greffe rénale avec douleur au membre inférieur remontant les ***six calibre***. Éliminer signe de sténose artérielle ou de maladie vasculaire."

This could be either a dictation error or a French-language regionalism (the M.D. who dictated the report would be Acadian from New Brunswick, Canada). Thank you very much for any suggestions.

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STEVEN DEWITT (asker) Oct 3, 2019:
Thank you very much Cyril, Anne and Liz. Evidently this is not just an obvious transcription error that I couldn't figure out. I am going to advise the client that this part of the phrase is not translatable without clarification from the doctor. Thank you again for all of your time.
liz askew Oct 2, 2019:
It is likely that the back pain at onset is of nociceptive type and it is related to the radicular inflammation, while the distal extremity pain is neuropathic. The symptom of tingling originates from large myelinated fibres and when intense it may be defined as a dysesthesia.
liz askew Oct 2, 2019:
Only finding:
https://www.em-consulte.com › article
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La classification selon le diamètre distingue ***des fibres de gros calibre***, toutes myélinisées, (motrices A-alpha et sensitives A-bêta) et des fibres de petit calibre, ...
Anne Schulz Oct 2, 2019:
@Cyril I don't know, at this point I can't make sense of the whole phrase. Just trying to come up with options to look into, as the asker himself considers a possible dictation error.
Cyril Tollari Oct 2, 2019:
@ Anne
What would be the explanation for 'les' between 'remontant' et 'six'?
And what is after 'jusqu'à'?
Anne Schulz Oct 2, 2019:
FWIW, "remontant" would often be followed by "jusqu'a" in this context. Maybe, the "six ca-" is actually a "jusqu'a"?
Cyril Tollari Oct 2, 2019:
Here is the only medical reference I could find for "calibre":

1. Diamètre intérieur d'un tube.
− Par analogie: Le calibre des vaisseaux sanguins :
1. Les artères et les veines modifient automatiquement leur calibre. Elles se contractent ou se dilatent sous l'influence des nerfs de leur tunique musculaire.

Maybe the person meant 'artery'. 'Les six calibre(s)' doesn't look grammatically correct, because of the missing 's'.
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