Moth-eaten appearance

Case contributed by Heba Abdelmonem
Diagnosis almost certain

Presentation

A known case of Burkitt lymphoma with routine CT exam.

Patient Data

Age: 1-year-old
Gender: Female
ct

Axial bone window images demonstrate multiple scattered lytic lesions that involve nearly all of the examined bones. They are variable in size and non-expansile.

Axial soft tissue images illustrate multiple enlarged lymph nodes.

Case Discussion

Moth-eaten appearance is a pattern of bone involvement by multiple lytic lesions that is described as permeative bone destruction (permeative process in bone).

 

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