peppermint stick candy bone

A fanciful descriptor for the radiologic appearance of some cases of osteopetrosis, in which the defect in osteoclastic activity is intermittent, giving rise to radiodense and radiolucent bands, most often in the bony pelvis, paralleling the iliac crest

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peppermint stick candy bone

 A descriptor for the radiologic appearance of some cases of osteopetrosis, in which the defect in osteoclastic activity is intermittent, giving rise to radiodense and radiolucent bands, most often in the bony pelvis, paralleling the iliac crest

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