Review Article

Musculoskeletal Manifestations of Sickle Cell Anaemia: A Pictorial Review

Figure 1

(a) shows a T1W sagittal MRI spine of a patient with sickle cell anaemia with diffuse low signal from the vertebral bodies consistent with hyperplastic haematopoietic red marrow replacing the normal bright fatty marrow. Note smooth concavity of the vertebral endplates at multiple levels from bone softening (fish mouth vertebra). Normal appearance of marrow is depicted on (b) for comparison.
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