Alternating radiolucent and radiodense metaphyseal lines
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Alternating radiolucent and radiodense metaphyseal lines can be seen with a number of conditions and the differential diagnosis is wide:
- growth arrest lines
- bisphosphonate therapy
- rickets: especially those on prolonged treatment, e.g. vitamin D dependent rickets
- osteopetrosis
- chemotherapy
- chronic anaemia: e.g. sickle cell anaemia and thalassaemia
- treated leukaemia
See also
- zebra stripe sign
- dense metaphyseal bands: differential and mnemonic
- lucent metaphyseal bands
-<p><strong>Alternating radiolucent and radiodense metaphyseal lines</strong> can be seen with a number of conditions and the differential diagnosis is wide:</p><ul>-<li><a href="/articles/growth-arrest-lines">growth arrest lines</a></li>-<li>bisphosphonate therapy</li>-<li>-<a href="/articles/rickets">rickets</a>: especially those on prolonged treatment, e.g. vitamin D dependent rickets</li>-<li><a href="/articles/autosomal-dominant-osteopetrosis">osteopetrosis</a></li>-<li>chemotherapy</li>-<li>chronic anaemia: e.g. <a href="/articles/sickle-cell-disease">sickle cell anaemia</a> and <a href="/articles/thalassaemia">thalassaemia</a>-</li>-<li>treated <a href="/articles/leukaemia">leukaemia</a>-</li>-</ul><h4>See also</h4><ul>-<li><a href="/articles/zebra-stripe-sign-bones">zebra stripe sign</a></li>-<li>dense metaphyseal bands: <a href="/articles/dense-metaphyseal-bands-differential">differential</a> and <a href="/articles/dense-transverse-metaphyseal-lines-mnemonic">mnemonic</a>-</li>-<li><a href="/articles/lucent-transverse-metaphyseal-lines-mnemonic">lucent metaphyseal bands</a></li>- +<p><strong>Alternating radiolucent and radiodense metaphyseal lines</strong> can be seen with a number of conditions and the differential diagnosis is wide:</p><ul>
- +<li><a href="/articles/growth-arrest-lines">growth arrest lines</a></li>
- +<li>bisphosphonate therapy</li>
- +<li>
- +<a href="/articles/rickets">rickets</a>: especially those on prolonged treatment, e.g. vitamin D dependent rickets</li>
- +<li><a href="/articles/autosomal-dominant-osteopetrosis">osteopetrosis</a></li>
- +<li>chemotherapy</li>
- +<li>chronic anaemia: e.g. <a href="/articles/sickle-cell-disease">sickle cell anaemia</a> and <a href="/articles/thalassaemia">thalassaemia</a>
- +</li>
- +<li>treated <a href="/articles/leukaemia">leukaemia</a>
- +</li>
- +</ul><h4>See also</h4><ul>
- +<li><a href="/articles/zebra-stripe-sign-bones">zebra stripe sign</a></li>
- +<li>dense metaphyseal bands: <a href="/articles/dense-metaphyseal-bands-differential">differential</a> and <a href="/articles/dense-transverse-metaphyseal-lines-mnemonic">mnemonic</a>
- +</li>
- +<li><a href="/articles/lucent-transverse-metaphyseal-lines-mnemonic">lucent metaphyseal bands</a></li>
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