Tubulation
Last revised by Hemilianna Hadassa Silva Matozinho
on 2 Apr 2021
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Knipe H, Matozinho H, Murphy A, et al. Tubulation. Reference article, Radiopaedia.org (Accessed on 14 Mar 2025) https://doi.org/10.53347/rID-81873
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Tubulation is the adult-type appearance of long bones with a diaphyseal narrowing or constriction that forms due to periosteal bone resorption and endosteal bone formation at the metaphysis during longitudinal bone growth at the physis.
Related pathology
Numerous diseases can affect tubulation. For example 1,2:
- overtubulation: narrow, gracile
- osteogenesis imperfecta
- neurofibromatosis
- paralysis
- radiation therapy
- undertubulation: wide, broad (results in an Erlenmeyer flask deformity)
- Gaucher disease
- thalassemia
- craniometaphyseal dysplasia
- hereditary multiple exostosis
References
- 1. William Palmer, Laura Bancroft, Fiona Bonar, Jung-Ah Choi, Anne Cotten, James F. Griffith, Philip Robinson, Christian W.A. Pfirrmann. Glossary of terms for musculoskeletal radiology. (2020) Skeletal Radiology. doi:10.1007/s00256-020-03465-1 - Pubmed
- 2. Imaging Endocrine Diseases in Children. (2012). Germany: Springer Berlin Heidelberg.
- 3. Terry R. Yochum. Yochum and Rowe's Essentials of Skeletal Radiology. (2020) ISBN: 9780781739467
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