Cotton wool appearance (bone)
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Paget disease
(bone) • Paget disease of the skull - Ganzer Fall bei Radiopaedia
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Paget disease
(bone) • Paget disease - skull - Ganzer Fall bei Radiopaedia
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Cotton wool
appearance (bone) • Paget disease: cotton wool skull - Ganzer Fall bei Radiopaedia
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Cotton wool
appearance (bone) • Paget disease - skull - Ganzer Fall bei Radiopaedia
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Cotton wool
appearance (bone) • Cotton on a cotton plant (photo) - Ganzer Fall bei Radiopaedia
The cotton wool appearance is a plain film sign of Paget disease and results from thickened, disorganized trabeculae which lead to areas of sclerosis in a previously lucent area of bone, typically the skull. These sclerotic patches are poorly defined and fluffy.
See also
Other Paget disease related signs:
- banana fracture
- blade of grass sign
- jigsaw pattern bone or mosaic pattern bone
- picture frame vertebra
- Tam o' Shanter sign
Siehe auch:
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vegetable and
plant inspired signs