ivory vertebral body

single or multiple very dense vertebra:

metastases , myeloma
- sclerotic mets or treated lytic mets
- preservation of disc space and vertebral body size
Paget's disease
- usually single vertebral body
- expanded body with thickened cortex and coarsened trabeculation
- disc space preserved
lymphoma
- preservation of disc space and vertebral body size
infection (low grade)eg. TB
- end plate destruction
- disc space narrowing
- paraspinal soft tissue mass
hemangioma
renal osteodystrophy
osteosarcoma
osteoporosis with collapse
flourosis
sickle cell disease
osteopetrosis

Ronald D. Kunst, MD - 6 February 1995
Last updated: 1 September 2006