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Osteitis fibrosa cystica: Findings on radiograph of the phalanges

Osteitis fibrosa cystica: Findings on radiograph of the phalanges
(A and B) Posteroanterior (PA) hands. Note the radial margins of the proximal and middle phalanges bilaterally are frayed, irregular, and lace-like (arrows) owing to characteristic subperiosteal resorption. Also note the brown tumor (small arrowhead) and osteolysis of the distal phalanges (large arrowheads).
Reproduced with permission from: Yochum TR, Rowe LJ. Yochum And Rowe's Essentials of Skeletal Radiology, Third Edition, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Philadelphia 2004. Copyright © 2004 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.
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