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sunburst pattern

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sunburst pattern
Ophthalmology A pattern seen on funduscopy of the retina in stage III proliferative retinopathy of sickle cell disease, characterized by areas of retinal pigment epithelial hyperplasia, which develop after intra– and subneural retinal hemorrhage, more commonly in Hb SS disease than in SC disease. See Proliferative sickle retinopathy. Cf Seafan pattern Radiology A descriptor for the appearance of a periosteal reaction, in which dense filiform spiculations are perpendicular to the periosteum, classically in bone infiltration by typical and parosteal osteosarcomas, as these usually evoke a minimal periosteal reaction; 'sunburst' also refers to irradiating spiculation of the ileal bone around the acetabulum in Voorhoeve syndrome–osteopathia striata.


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[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Reynolds also created the kitchen ceiling, made of reclaimed quarter-sawn oak with an intricate overlay sunburst pattern, and the teak island top.
Osteosarcomas are important in the differential diagnosis; unlike hemangiomas, osteosarcomas exhibit a characteristic sunburst pattern radiographically, with disruption of the periosteum and the presence ofa sarcomatous stroma with osteoid formation histologically.
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