Other Conditions

Question 1

“Hair on End” appearance in skull

“H” shaped vertebrae in the spine –> collapse of vasculature

Answer 1

Sickle Cell Anemia

Question 2

Cooley’s Anemia; Mediterranean anemia
Hereditary disorder of hemoglobin synthesis
(microcytic hypochromic anemia)
“Erlenmeyer flask deformity” –> widened epiphysis
“Hair on End” appearance in skull

Answer 2

Thalassemia

Question 3

Over activity of parathyroid gland causes calcium up in the blood and phosphorus down.
Females 30-50 yo
Renal calculi, “Brown Tumors” (central geographic osteopenia in bones)
“Salt and Pepper” skull
“Rugger-Jersey Spine”
Increased Alk. Phos.

Answer 3

Hyperparathyroidism

Question 4

Hereditary; absence of marrow
Anemia; hepatosplenomegaly
“Bone within a Bone” (early)
“Sandwich Vertebrae” (late)

Answer 4

Osteopetrosis

Question 5

Deficiency of Vitamin D, Ca+ or Phosphorus
Seen at growth plates, especially in long bones
Muscle tetany and weakness
Bone deformity and lucency
“Paintbrus metaphysis” (absent zone of provisional calcification)

Answer 5

Rickets