This sagital (from the side) CT reconstruction of the lumbar spine (low back) in a patient with sickle cell anaemia demonstrates typical findings involving the vertebral bodies and marrow texture seen in patients with chronic disease. There is fish mouth vertebrae involving all visualized vertebral bodies secondary to bony endplate infarctions secondary to sludging of blood with occlusion of the vascular supply to the endplates. The marrow texture demonstrates irregular sclerosis of trabelucations secondary to bone marrow infarcts | |
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Credit: | Science Photo Library / Living Art Enterprises |
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