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LearningRadiology Imaging Signs
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Case of the Week 376 
What's the name of this sign?
- 78 year-old male who fell off ladder
Frontal and lateral radiographs of femur
1. Signet sign
2. Rat-bite sign
3. Blade-of-grass sign
4. Crescent sign
5. Ring sign
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3. Blade-of-Grass Sign
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Blade-of-Grass Sign
General Considerations
- V-spaded lucency in the metadiaphysis, usually seen in a long bone and representing the lytic phase of Paget disease
- Most often seen in femur and tibia
- In the skull, the lytic defect is referred to as osteoporosis circumscripta, most often seen in the frontal bone
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