Bone within a bone appearance (mnemonic)
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A useful mnemonic to remember the possible aetiologies of a bone within a bone appearance is:
- GHOST DRAGON
Mnemonic
- G: growth arrest lines
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H: heavy
metalmetals, hypoparathyroidism, hypothyroidism - O: osteopetrosis
- S: sickle cell anaemia, scurvy, syphilis
- T: thalassaemia, tuberculosis
- D: disease of Caffey, hypervitaminosis D
- R: rickets, radiation therapy
- A: acromegaly
- G: Gaucher disease
- O: oxalosis
- N: normal (thoracic/lumbar vertebrae in infants)
-<strong>H: </strong>heavy metal, <a href="/articles/hypoparathryoidism">hypoparathryoidism</a>, <a href="/articles/hypothyroidism">hypothyroidism</a>- +<strong>H: </strong><a title="Heavy metals" href="/articles/heavy-metals">heavy metals</a>, <a title="Hypoparathyroidism" href="/articles/hypoparathyroidism">hypoparathyroidism</a>, <a href="/articles/hypothyroidism">hypothyroidism</a>
-<strong>T: </strong><a href="/articles/thalassaemia">thalassaemia</a>, tuberculosis</li>- +<strong>T: </strong><a href="/articles/thalassaemia">thalassaemia</a>, <a href="/articles/tuberculosis-musculoskeletal-manifestations-1">tuberculosis</a>
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