vpr ortho radiology
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Thalassaemia
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INTRODUCTION
• Thalassaemia, is an inherited blood disorder caused by defect in a gene causing microcytic anemia.
• The two types of thalassaemia is alpha and beta thalassaemia.
• Sign and symptoms of thalassaemia include weakness, fatigue, and failure to grow and organomegaly.
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Radiographic features
• Skeletal• Marrow proliferation consists of expansion of the medulla,
thinning of cortical bone, and resorption of cancellous bone resulting in a generalized loss of bone density.
• skull : classic “hair on end” appearance• facial bones: rodent facies• ribs : “ribs within a rib” appearance, noted particularly in the
middle and anterior portions of the ribs• Extramedullary hematopoiesis• premature fusion of the epiphyses
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The hair on end sign refers to a radiographic appearance on a skull which results from a periosteal reaction
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Lateral skull from a patient with thalassemia major showing diploic widening with relative sparing of the occipital bone. Also note dental malocclusion and underpneumatized paranasal sinuses with rodent facies
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“rib within a rib" appearance
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marrow expansion and cortical thinning
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Bilateral paravertebral soft-tissue masses as well as marked medullary expansion of the bony structures are associated with compensatory
extramedullary hematopoiesis.
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Multiple myeloma
• In multiple myeloma, a group of plasma cells (myeloma cells) becomes cancerous and multiplies, raising the number of plasma cells to a higher than normal level.
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• Clinical presentation of patients with multiple myeloma is varied, and includes :
• bone pain– initially intermittent, but becomes constant– worse with activity / weight bearing, and thus is worse during the day
• anaemia– typically normochromic / normocytic
• renal failure / proteinuria• Hypercalcaemia• pathological fracture
– vertebral compression fracture– long bone fracture (e.g. proximal femur)
• recurrent infection : e.g. pneumonia due to leucopoenia.
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• Radiographic features• Radiology has a number of roles in the diagnosis and management or
multiple myeloma. • suggest the diagnosis / exclude other causes• assess possible mechanical complications (e.g. pathological fracture)• assess disease progression• Disseminated multiple myeloma has two common radiological
appearances:• numerous, well circumscribed lytic bone lesions : more common
– punched out lucencies e.g. pepperpot skull or raindrop skull– endosteal scalloping
• generalized osteopaenia : less common– often associated with vertebral compression fracture/ vertebral plana
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The appearance of multiple, well-defined lytic lesions (punched out lesions) of various size scattered throughout the skull constitutes the raindrop skull / pepperpot
appearance of multiple myeloma.
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• Endosteal scalloping refers to the focal resorption of the inner margin of cortical bones, typically seen in long bones,
due to slow growing medullary lesions.
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LEUKEMIA
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Leukemias are a group of heterogeneous neoplastic disorders of white blood cells.
INTRODUCTIONINTRODUCTION
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Radiological Features
Radiographic osseous changes occur in 50-70% of children with leukemia
The radiological features Flat and long bonesCommon•Diffuse osteoporosis•Radiolucent submetaphyseal bands•Bone destruction•Periosteal reaction
Spine•Osteoporosis•Compression fractures•Radiolucent subendplate bands
Joints•Juxta-articular osteoporosis•Effusion•Soft tissue swelling
SKELETAL DISTRIBUTION OF LEUKEMIA
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LEUKEMIA: RADIOLUCENT SUBMETAPHYSEAL BANDS. A.AP Knee.B.AP Hips.
Note that submetaphyseal bands (arrows) are often the first radiologic signs of childhood leukemia.
Radiolucent Submetaphyseal Bands.
A submetaphyseal band appears as a linear radiolucent region in the metaphysis beneath and parallel to the opaque zone of provisional calcification at the growth plate
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LEUKEMIA: GROWTH ARREST LINES.
AP Knee.
Note the multiple transverse linear opacities within the femur and tibia, which reflect the cyclic repression of bone growth in this child with leukemia.
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LEUKEMIA: BONE DESTRUCTION. A.Early. Observe the discrete metaphyseal and diaphyseal lesions (arrows).
B. Later. Note the more confluent, moth-eaten destruction, with periostitis, mimicking osteomyelitis.
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LEUKEMIA. Lateral Thoracic Spine. Generalized osteoporosis and accentuated trabecular changes in this patient with chronic lymphatic leukemia.