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==Overview== | ==Overview== | ||
X-rays have utility in diagnosing specific pathological features that are found in sickle cell disease. | |||
==X ray findings== | ==X ray findings== | ||
X-rays can show various pathological features of sickle cell disease, including pneumonia, acute chest syndrome, and osteonecrosis of the femoral head.<ref name="pmid23049406">{{cite journal| author=da Silva Junior GB, Daher Ede F, da Rocha FA| title=Osteoarticular involvement in sickle cell disease. | journal=Rev Bras Hematol Hemoter | year= 2012 | volume= 34 | issue= 2 | pages= 156-64 | pmid=23049406 | doi=10.5581/1516-8484.20120036 | pmc=3459393 | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=23049406 }} </ref> | |||
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Overview
X-rays have utility in diagnosing specific pathological features that are found in sickle cell disease.
X ray findings
X-rays can show various pathological features of sickle cell disease, including pneumonia, acute chest syndrome, and osteonecrosis of the femoral head.[1]
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Patient #1: SCD patient with H shaped vertebrae
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H shaped vertebral bodies
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H shaped vertebral bodies
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H shaped vertebral bodies
Patient #1: SCD patient with H shaped vertebrae
References
- ↑ da Silva Junior GB, Daher Ede F, da Rocha FA (2012). "Osteoarticular involvement in sickle cell disease". Rev Bras Hematol Hemoter. 34 (2): 156–64. doi:10.5581/1516-8484.20120036. PMC 3459393. PMID 23049406.