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Skull
irene gold
10
Medical
Professional
11/05/2013

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enlarged sella turcica, enlarged jaw, enlarged skull, enlarged extremity
Definition
acromegaly
Term
Pituitary tumor with increased somatotropin hormone

**too much growth hormone after the growth center closes**
Definition
acromegaly
Term
Macrognathia
Definition
enlarged jaw
Term
cotton wool appearance, thickness all the way to the front,
Definition
pagets
Term
pagets aka
Definition
osteoporosis circumscripta
Term
snowball appearance, medullary biopsy, multiple myeloma, osteosarcoma
Definition
blastic mets
Term
varying sized holes, swiss cheese appearance in skull
Definition
lytic mets
Term
findings for multiple myeloma
Definition
cold on bone scan -scintigraphy
raindrop appearance
plasma cell sarcoma
reversed a/g ratio
Term
best test for multiple myeloma
Definition
immunophoresis

m-spike
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mutlple myeloma will have an elevated
Definition
esr
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