Mnemonic for the causes of transverse metaphyseal lines
Mnemonic for the causes of transverse metaphyseal lines:
PRINCES
Poisoning (lead, mercury, antimony, etc)
Rickets
Infection (TORCH); idiopathic hypercalcaemia
Normal variant; neoplastic (leukaemia, lymphoma)
Congenital syphilis
Endocrine (congenital hypothyroidism)
Sickle cell anemia; scurvy
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