Sickle Cell Osteopathy, Ct Scan #1
by Living Art Enterprises
Title
Sickle Cell Osteopathy, Ct Scan #1
Artist
Living Art Enterprises
Medium
Photograph - Photograph
Description
This color-enhanced sagital (from the side) CT reconstruction of the cervical spine (neck) in a patient with sickle cell anemia demonstrates typical findings involving the vertebral bodies and marrow texture seen in patients with chronic disease. There is "fish mouth" vertebrae of the C7, T1 and T2 vertebral bodies secondary to bony endplate infarctions secondary to sludging of blood with occlusion of the vascular supply to the endplates. The marrow texture often demonstrates irregular sclerosis of trabelucations seondary to bone marrow infarcts.
Uploaded
May 13th, 2014
Embed
Share
