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Ivory Vertebrae

The ivory vertebra sign refers to diffuse and homogeneous increase in opacity of a vertebral body that otherwise retains its size and contours, and with no change in the opacity and size of adjacent intervertebral discs.
 
  1. lymphoma, most commonly Hodgkin (large soft tissue mass)
  2. blastic metastasis (prostate, breast, carcinoid)
  3. Paget disease (picture frame sign = thickened cortex, vertebral body enlargement)
 Paget's disease, increased size of vertebral body. Contains fat, mets not.
 
Lymphoma

Diskussion