Thickened skull. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scan of a coronal section through the head of a 22-year-old patient, showing thickening of the trabe

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Thickened skull. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scan of a coronal section through the head of a 22-year-old patient, showing thickening of the trabecular (spongy) bone of the skull. This condition is suggestive of a blood disorder such as thalassemia or sickle-cell disease.

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