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HAIR-ON-END APPEARANCE [2 records]

Record 1 2012-03-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Radiography (Medicine)
  • Musculoskeletal System
  • Bones and Joints
DEF

In severe congenital hemolytic anemias, marked new bone formation perpendicular to the tables of the skull, producing a radial hair-on-end appearance. Although most commonly seen in patients with thalassemia, the hair-on-end pattern may also be produced in patients with sickle cell disease or spherocytosis, as well as in some persons with iron-deficiency anemia. [From EISER, 1984, p. 339.]

OBS

hair-on-end appearance (of the skull)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Radiographie (Médecine)
  • Appareil locomoteur (Médecine)
  • Os et articulations
DEF

Aspect radiologique strié de la voûte crânienne observé au cours de certaines anémies hémolytiques constitutionnelles et notamment dans la thalassémie.

Spanish

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Record 2 1992-09-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Radiography (Medicine)
  • Musculoskeletal System
DEF

Periosteal reaction characterized by fine, short, delicate spicules laid down perpendicular to the cortex, often over a considerable length of shaft, seen in Ewing's sarcoma. [From RENOR, 1990, p. 315.]

French

Domaine(s)
  • Radiographie (Médecine)
  • Appareil locomoteur (Médecine)
DEF

Réaction périostée dirigée perpendiculairement à l'axe osseux, formée de nombreux spicules plus ou moins fins, et observée dans le sarcome d'Ewing.

OBS

source c : EMSQU, 31225, A10, s.d., p. 24.

Spanish

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