Comments on: Quiz: Hair-on-End Skull

By: Dr sutraj gupte

Dr sutraj gupte — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

We have seen “hair-on-end” appearance of skull in chronic iron-deficiency anemia, sickle-cell anemia, thalassemia major and cyantic congenital heart disease.

– Prof Suraj Gupte
Head
Postgr Dept of Pediatrics
Narayana Medical College
Nellore, Souith India

By: Grab A Cuppa Grand Rounds! // Emergiblog

Grab A Cuppa Grand Rounds! // Emergiblog — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

[...] I know we all want “glowing hair” but this is amazing. Last week’s host, Dr. Jon Mikel, presents a “quiz” that stumped me (easily done, by the way). Check out Hair-On-End Skull at Unbounded Medicine. What is that stuff? And Jon takes it up-to-eleven with this post, where a photo is worth a thousand words. A bit of a stunner, check out Limb-to-Crotch! [...]

By: JonMikel, M.D.

JonMikel, M.D. — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

Excellent explanation and perfect answer!!

Thank you for your kind comment.

By: Drmikeunoe

Drmikeunoe — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

We can see generalized osteopenia, widening of the diploetic space, and thinning of the outer table. This characteristic “hair on end” appearance of the outer table is compatible with the presence of massive hyperplasia of the bone marrow, as can be seen in the homozygous state of beta-thalassemia (i.e. thalassemia major). Beta thalassemia syndromes are a group of hereditary disorders characterized by a genetic deficiency in the synthesis of beta-globin chains (adult hemoglobin usually is α2β2) resulting in excess α-chains and severe transfusion-dependent anemia, thus causing bone marrow hyperplasia.