Bone within a bone appearance
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Bone within a bone is a descriptive term applied to bones that appear to have another bone within them. There are numerous causes including :
- normal:
thoracic
+and lumbar vertebrae (in infants)growth recovery lines (after infancy)
- sickle cell disease/thalassemia
- thorotrast (ghost vertebrae)
- autosomal dominant osteopetrosis
- Paget's disease of bone
- heavy metal ingestion (bismuth, lead, thorium)
- hypervitaminosis D
-
Caffey's disease
( Infantile(infantile cortical hyperostosis) - Gaucher's disease
- acromegaly
- post-radiation
- congenital syphilis
-<li><div>thoracic + lumbar vertebrae (in infants)</div></li>-<li><div>growth recovery lines (after infancy)</div></li>- +<li><p>thoracic and lumbar vertebrae (in infants)</p></li>
- +<li><p>growth recovery lines (after infancy)</p></li>
-</li>-<li>-<a title="sickle cell disease" href="/articles/sickle-cell-disease">sickle cell disease</a> / <a href="/articles/thalassaemia" title="Thalassemia">thalassemia</a>-</li>-<li><a title="thorotrast" href="/articles/thorotrast">thorotrast</a></li>-<li><a style="COLOR: rgb(63,117,216); TEXT-DECORATION: none" title="Autosomal dominant osteopetrosis" href="/articles/autosomal-dominant-osteopetrosis">autosomal dominant osteopetrosis</a></li>-<li><a title="Paget's disease of bone" href="/articles/pagets-disease-of-bone-1">Paget's disease of bone</a></li>-<li>heavy metal ingestion (bismuth, lead, thorium)</li>-<li><a title="hypervitaminosis D" href="/articles/hypervitaminosis-d">hypervitaminosis D</a></li>-<li>-<a title="Caffey's Disease" href="/articles/caffey-disease-1">Caffey's disease</a> ( Infantile cortical hyperostosis )</li>-<li><a title="Gaucher's disease" href="/articles/gaucher-disease">Gaucher's disease</a></li>-<li><a href="/articles/acromegaly" title="Acromegaly" style="line-height: 1.5;">acromegaly</a></li>-<li>post-radiation</li>-<li><a href="/articles/in-utero-syphilis-infection" title="Congenital syphilis" style="line-height: 1.5;">congenital syphilis</a></li>- +</li>
- +<li>
- +<a href="/articles/sickle-cell-disease">sickle cell disease</a>/<a href="/articles/thalassaemia">thalassemia</a>
- +</li>
- +<li>
- +<a href="/articles/thorotrast">thorotrast</a> (<a title="Ghost vertebrae" href="/articles/ghost-vertebra">ghost vertebrae</a>)</li>
- +<li><a href="/articles/autosomal-dominant-osteopetrosis">autosomal dominant osteopetrosis</a></li>
- +<li><a href="/articles/paget-disease-of-bone-2">Paget's disease of bone</a></li>
- +<li>heavy metal ingestion (bismuth, lead, thorium)</li>
- +<li><a href="/articles/hypervitaminosis-d">hypervitaminosis D</a></li>
- +<li>
- +<a href="/articles/caffey-disease-1">Caffey's disease</a> (infantile cortical hyperostosis)</li>
- +<li><a href="/articles/gaucher-disease">Gaucher's disease</a></li>
- +<li><a href="/articles/acromegaly">acromegaly</a></li>
- +<li>post-radiation</li>
- +<li><a href="/articles/in-utero-syphilis-infection">congenital syphilis</a></li>