Raindrop skull
Last revised by Ashesh Ishwarlal Ranchod on 11 Jun 2023
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Skalski M, Ranchod A, Kakish E, et al. Raindrop skull. Reference article, Radiopaedia.org (Accessed on 23 Apr 2024) https://doi.org/10.53347/rID-24972
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Matt Skalski ◉
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The raindrop skull appearance of calvarial multiple myeloma is the presence of multiple, well-defined lytic lesions (punched out lesions) of various size scattered throughout the skull. This term is applied as an analogy to rain hitting a surface and splashing, where it leaves a random pattern of dark spots.
Occasionally, the term is used synonymous (although inaccurately) with the pepper pot skull appearance of multiple lytic lesions of hyperparathyroidism 4.
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- 1. Yochum TR, Rowe LJ. Essentials of Skeletal Radiology. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. (2005) ISBN:0781739462. Read it at Google Books - Find it at Amazon
- 2. van Gelderen F. Understanding X-Rays . Springer. ISBN:3540001379. Read it at Google Books - Find it at Amazon
- 3. Marchiori D. Clinical Imaging: With Skeletal, Chest, & Abdominal Pattern Differentials. Mosby. ISBN:B00H8P6S9C. Read it at Google Books - Find it at Amazon
- 4. Healy CF, Murray JG, Eustace SJ et-al. Multiple myeloma: a review of imaging features and radiological techniques. Bone Marrow Res. 2011;2011: 583439. doi:10.1155/2011/583439 - Free text at pubmed - Pubmed citation
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Cases:
- Multiple myeloma - disseminated
- Multiple myeloma (skull)
- Multiple myeloma: full skeletal survey
- Multiple myeloma with a large skull plasmacytoma
- Multiple myeloma
- Multiple myeloma
- Raindrop skull
- Multiple myeloma
- Multiple myeloma
- Multiple myeloma (raindrop skull)
- Multiple myeloma
- Multiple myeloma - raindrop skull
- Multiple myeloma - raindrop skull
- Multiple myeloma
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