Alternating radiolucent and radiodense metaphyseal lines
Dr Maxime St-Amant and Dr Jeremy Jones et al.
Alternating radiolucent and radiodense metaphyseal lines can be seen with a number of conditions and the differential diagnosis is wide:
- growth arrest lines
- bisphosphonate therapy
- rickets : especially those on prolonged treatment, e.g. vitamin D dependent rickets
- osteopetrosis
- chemotherapy
- chronic anaemia : e.g. sickle-cell anaemia and thalassaemia
- treated leukaemia
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