Ivory vertebra sign: Difference between revisions
No edit summary |
No edit summary |
||
Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
{{Infobox_Disease | | |||
Name = {{PAGENAME}} | | |||
Image = | | |||
Caption = | | |||
DiseasesDB = | | |||
ICD10 = | | |||
ICD9 = | | |||
ICDO = | | |||
OMIM = | | |||
MedlinePlus = | | |||
eMedicineSubj = | | |||
eMedicineTopic = | | |||
MeshID = | | |||
}} | |||
{{SI}} | |||
{{CMG}} | |||
{{Editor Help}} | |||
==Overview== | |||
Increase in opacity of a vertebral body that retains its size and contours, with no change in the opacity and size of adjacent intervertebral disks. <ref>Travis S. Graham [http://radiology.rsnajnls.org/cgi/content/full/235/2/614 The Ivory Vertebra Sign] Radiology 2005 235: 614-615. </ref> | Increase in opacity of a vertebral body that retains its size and contours, with no change in the opacity and size of adjacent intervertebral disks. <ref>Travis S. Graham [http://radiology.rsnajnls.org/cgi/content/full/235/2/614 The Ivory Vertebra Sign] Radiology 2005 235: 614-615. </ref> | ||
Revision as of 15:04, 11 February 2009
Ivory vertebra sign |
Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]
Please Take Over This Page and Apply to be Editor-In-Chief for this topic: There can be one or more than one Editor-In-Chief. You may also apply to be an Associate Editor-In-Chief of one of the subtopics below. Please mail us [2] to indicate your interest in serving either as an Editor-In-Chief of the entire topic or as an Associate Editor-In-Chief for a subtopic. Please be sure to attach your CV and or biographical sketch.
Overview
Increase in opacity of a vertebral body that retains its size and contours, with no change in the opacity and size of adjacent intervertebral disks. [1]
Increased opacity may be diffuse and homogeneous and involve most or all of the vertebral body, giving it a white appearance.
Differential diagnosis for an ivory vertebra
- Osteoblastic metastases
- Lymphoma
- Paget's disease
- Fluorosis
- Osteopetrosis
Diagnostic Findings
Increase in opacity of a vertebral body that retains its size and contours, with no change in the opacity and size of adjacent intervertebral disks.
Images
References
- ↑ Travis S. Graham The Ivory Vertebra Sign Radiology 2005 235: 614-615.