Coexistence of Relapsing Polychondritis and Sickle Cell Disease in a Child

Figure 4

Compression fracture at the L1 vertebra (arrowed), with similar but milder changes in the T11, L3, and L4 vertebrae suggestive of a bone softening process due to glucocorticoid-induced osteoporosis and underlying hemoglobinopathy a year and a half into the treatment of her condition.