Licked candy stick appearance (bones)

Last revised by Frank Gaillard ◉ ◈ on 27 Jul 2022

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Citation:

Niknejad M, Gaillard F, Bickle I, et al. Licked candy stick appearance (bones). Reference article, Radiopaedia.org (Accessed on 30 Sep 2023) https://doi.org/10.53347/rID-21562

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.53347/rID-21562

Permalink:

https://radiopaedia.org/articles/21562

rID:

21562

Article created:

31 Jan 2013, Mohammadtaghi Niknejad ◉

Disclosures:

At the time the article was created Mohammadtaghi Niknejad had no recorded disclosures.

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Last revised:

27 Jul 2022, Frank Gaillard ◉ ◈

Disclosures:

At the time the article was last revised Frank Gaillard had the following disclosures:

Radiopaedia Australia Pty Ltd and Radiopaedia Events Pty Ltd, Director, Founder and CEO (Radiopaedia) (ongoing)
Biogen Australia Pty Ltd, Investigator-Initiated Research Grant for CAD software in multiple sclerosis: finished Oct 2021 (past)

These were assessed during peer review and were determined to not be relevant to the changes that were made.

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Revisions:

8 times, by 6 contributors - see full revision history and disclosures

Systems:

Musculoskeletal

Sections:

Signs

Tags:

cases

Synonyms:

Licked candy stick sign

The term licked candy stick appearance refers to tapering of the tips of the metacarpal bones, metatarsal bones, phalanges or clavicles and is usually associated with: