Vertebra plana
Diagnosis almost certain
Disclosures
- updated 11 May 2022:
Nothing to disclose
Updates to Case Attributes
Age
changed from 10 years old to 10 years.
Presentation
was changed:
Body
was changed:
Vertebra plana represents uniform loss of height of the affected vertebra
. In children, it hadhasd differential diagnosisdiagnoses include:
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Langerhans cell histiocytosis:
Mostmost common cause. - osteogenesis imperfecta
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Lymphomalymphoma. -
Leukaemialeukaemia.
-<p><a href="/articles/vertebra-plana">Vertebra plana </a>represents uniform loss of height of affected vertebra</p><p>In children, it had differential diagnosis include:</p><ul>- +<p><a href="/articles/vertebra-plana">Vertebra plana</a> represents uniform loss of height of the affected vertebra. In children, it hasd differential diagnoses include:</p><ul>
-<a href="/articles/langerhans-cell-histiocytosis">Langerhans cell histiocytosis</a>: Most common cause.</li>-<li>-<a href="/articles/osteogenesis-imperfecta">O</a><a href="/articles/osteogenesis-imperfecta-1">steogenesis imperfecta</a>-</li>-<li>-<a href="/articles/lymphoma">Lymphoma</a>.</li>-<li>-<a href="/articles/leukaemia">Leukaemia</a>.</li>- +<a href="/articles/langerhans-cell-histiocytosis">Langerhans cell histiocytosis</a>: most common cause</li>
- +<li><a title="Osteogenesis imperfecta" href="/articles/osteogenesis-imperfecta-1">osteogenesis imperfecta</a></li>
- +<li><a href="/articles/lymphoma">lymphoma</a></li>
- +<li><a href="/articles/leukaemia">leukaemia</a></li>
Systems changed:
- Spine
- Paediatrics
Updates to Study Attributes
Findings
was changed:
Collapsed T3 vertebrae with minimal retropulsion indenting subarachnoid CSF space. Enhancing para-spinal soft tissue thickening at T2, T3 and T4 vertebral levels. incidental notesIncidental note of scoliosis of vertebral column (Not(not shown here).
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