Baumwollschädel


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
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