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SKELETAL PATHOLOGY
Appearances
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Skull-fuzzy, moth eaten appearance “salt and pepper skull” | OSTEODYSTROPHY |
| Spine- “rugger jersey spine” | RENAL OSTEODYSTROPHY/OSTEOSCLEROSIS |
| “Cotton wool” | OSTEITIS DEFORMANS/PAGET’S DISEASE |
| “Cauliflower or mushroom sign (stalk)” | EXOSTOSIS/OSTEOCHONDROMA |
| “Soap bubble” (Big/Large bubbles) | OSTEOCLASTOMA/GIANT CELL TUMOR |
| “Onion peel” | EWING SARCOMA |
| “punch out osteolytic lesion”, “swiss cheese effect” & “halo sign.” | MULTIPLE MYELOMA |
| “sunray” | OSTEOGENIC SARCOMA/OSTEOSARCOMA |
| “Bubbly lesion” (small bubbles) | ENDOCHONDROMA |
| “bamboo-spine” | ANKYLOSING/RHEUMATOID SPONDYLITIS |
| “Calcaneal spur” | REITER SYNDROME |
| “worm-eaten”/ “moth-eaten” | POTT’S DISEASE/TUBERCULOSIS |
| “broken-neck”/collar (scottie dog) | SPONDYLOLYSIS |