title: Exaggerated anterior vertebral notching.
abstract: Three children with marrow-packing disorders demonstrated exaggerated anterior vertebral notches with poorly defined cortical margins. One child had thalassemia major, another had Gaucher disease, and a third had metastatic neuroblastoma. A discussion of each case and the etiology of the notches is presented.
mesh_terms: D001859:Bone Neoplasms / Q000150:complications; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005776:Gaucher Disease / Q000150:complications; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009447:Neuroblastoma / Q000150:complications; D011859:Radiography; D013122:Spinal Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology; D013789:Thalassemia / Q000150:complications