Brush skull

The brush skull is a sign in the X-ray and indicates the presence of chronic hemolytic anemia . Thalassemia in particular can be associated with a pronounced brush skull, but sickle cell anemia or Gaucher's disease can also show the sign.

The hemolytic anemia leads to an increase in the blood-forming bone marrow , which, among other things, expands in the skull . This is shown in the lateral x-ray as a vertical striation of the skull roof.

Individual evidence

1. ^ Ralph Weissleder, Mark J. Rieumont, Jack Wittenberg: Compendium of diagnostic imaging . Springer, 2003, ISBN 3-211-83615-2 , pp. 365-367.
2. ↑ Walter Siegenthaler : Siegenthaler's differential diagnosis: internal diseases - from symptom to diagnosis . Georg Thieme Verlag, 2005, ISBN 3-13-344819-6 , p. 409.

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