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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. | 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> | ||
Increased opacity may be diffuse and homogeneous and involve most or all of the vertebral body, giving it a white appearance | 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== | ==Differential diagnosis for an ivory vertebra== | ||
Revision as of 15:01, 11 February 2009
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
- ↑ Travis S. Graham The Ivory Vertebra Sign Radiology 2005 235: 614-615.