Musculoskeletal Manifestations of Sickle Cell Anaemia: A Pictorial Review
Figure 2
Chest radiograph showing coarsening of trabecular pattern with loss of corticomedullary differentiation of the ribs subject to haematopoietic marrow replacement in a patient with sickle cell disease. Note avascular necrosis involving the humeral heads bilaterally and colonic gas replacing splenic shadow in the left upper quadrant (secondary sign of autosplenectomy/small spleen subject to previous infarcts).