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THE ‘BONE WITHIN BONE’ APPEARANCE

“ Used to describe a radiographic appearance in which one bone appears to arise within another, ‘endobone’. It is best seen in the vertebrae...

Used to describe a radiographic appearance in which one bone appears to arise within another, ‘endobone’. It is best seen in the vertebrae.
Physiological

•  May be seen in infants and neonates due to new bone formation

Pathological

•  Altered bone growth (e.g. nutritional disturbance)
•  Impairment of osteoclastic activity
•  Altered bone metabolism (e.g. sickle cell disease)