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The most common form of Gaucher's disease, type 1 (chronic non-neuronopathic), results in accumulation of glucocerebroside in reticuloendothelial cells of the spleen, liver and bone marrow, with frequent occurrence of bone pain due to vaso-occlusive crisis. We report the finding of a “cold” vertebral body on bone scan in two patients with Gaucher's disease and bone crisis. Photopenia was so striking as to give the appearance of a “missing” vertebra. Concurrent plain films appeared normal. In one patient Gaucher's disease had not previously been diagnosed.
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Received: 1 October 1996 Accepted: 18 October 1996
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Dolen, E., Berdon, W. & Ruzal-Shapiro, C. “Cold bone scans” as a sign of hemorrhagic infarcts of the spine in Gaucher's disease. Pediatric Radiology 27, 514–516 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1007/s002470050170
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s002470050170