Imaging Findings and Evaluation of Metabolic Bone Disease

Figure 19

Osteopetrosis. PA (a) and lateral (b) radiographs of the chest in a 46-year-old male with osteopetrosis. Multiple right rib fractures, diffusely sclerotic bones, and sharply demarcated sclerotic bands are seen adjacent to the end plates, forming “sandwiched vertebral bodies.”

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