rugger jersey spine appearance
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rugger jersey spine appearance
A descriptor for a osteosclerosis most marked in vertebral end plates adjacent to joint spaces, fancifully likened to a 'rugger jersey'; RJSA is seen in 2º hyperparathyroidism–renal osteodystrophy, renal tubular disease–eg, Fanconi syndrome, renal tubular acidosis, vitamin-D-resistant rickets, chronic glomerulonephritis, DM, HTN.McGraw-Hill Concise Dictionary of Modern Medicine. © 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.