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7/25/2019 Bamboo Spine http://slidepdf.com/reader/full/bamboo-spine 1/1 #Radiologysigns - Apple core sign = of large Bowel on contrast enema describes a short segment irregular circumferential stricture of the large bowel that has abrupt “shouldered” margins resembling an apple core. The appearance is classically described on contrast enema studies and is almost always due to a stenosing annular colon carcinoma... - Bamboo Spine-undulating contour of spine caused by bridging syndesmophytes seen in ankylosing spondylitis....

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 # Radiologysigns  

- A p p l e c o r e s i g n = o f l a r g e B o w e l o n c o n t r a s t e n e m a d e s c r i b e s a s h o r t s e g m e n t i r r e g u l a r    

c i r c u m f e r e n t i a l s t r i c t u r e o f t h e l a r g e b o w e l t h a t h a s a b r u p t “ s h o u l d e r e d ” m a r g i n s r e s e m b l i n g a n a p p l e

c o r e . T h e a p p e a r a n c e i s c l a s s i c a l l y d e s c r i b e d o n c o n t r a s t e n e m a s t u d i e s a n d i s a l m o s t a l w a y s d u e t o a

s t e n o s i n g a n n u l a r c o l o n c a r c i n o m a . . .

- B a m b o o S p i n e - u n d u l a t i n g c o n t o u r o f s p i n e c a u s e d b y b r i d g i n g s y n d e s m o p h y t e s s e e n i n a n k y l o s i n g

spondylitis....