Erlenmeyer flask deformity
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]
Overview
Erlenmeyer flask deformity is the lack of modeling (undertubulation) of tubular bones with resultant flaring of ends of bone.
Causes
- Craniometaphyseal dysplasias
- Hemoglobinopathies
- Thalassemia
- Sickle cell disease
- Osteopetrosis
- Niemann-Pick disease
- Gaucher's disease
- Other
- Lead poisoning
- Fibrous dysplasia
- Hereditary multiple exostoses
Diagnosis
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Erlenmeyer flask deformity in a patient with Gaucher's disease
