Sickle cell disease

Case contributed by Hani Makky Al Salam
Diagnosis certain

Presentation

Low back pain.

Patient Data

Age: 35 years
Gender: Male

Lumbar spine

mri

Multilevel central end-plate depression giving the typical H shaped vertebrae described in sickle cell anemia patients. Also, notice the reduction of bone marrow signal intensity on T1 indicative of red marrow reconversion due to chronic anemia.

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