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Erlenmeyer Flask Deformity
Erlenmeyer flask appearance of distal femurs can be seen in a number of etiologies including:
Mneumonic: CHONG
* Craniometaphyseal dysplasia
* Hemoglobinopathies
* Sickle Cell
* Thallasemia
* Nieman Pick Dz
* Osteopertrosis
* Gaucher's
* OTHER:
* Lead poisoning
* Fibrous dysplasia
* Hereditary multiple exostoses
SOURCE: RADSWIKI.NET
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Comment by Wael Nemattalla on January 21, 2010 at 2:18pm
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We should differentiate this deformity from metaphyseal splaying...e.g. of rickets.
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