Corduroy sign (vertebral hemangioma)
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The corduroy sign refers to a vertically oriented-oriented, thickened trabeculationstrabeculae seen in intraosseous haemangiomas of the spine. It is the sagittal/coronal equivalent of the polka-dot sign seen on axial imaging.
It is caused by the replacement of the normal cancellous bone by thickened vertical trabeculae surrounded by fat marrow or vascular lacunae in intraosseous haemangiomas 2.
-<p>The <strong>corduroy sign</strong> refers to a vertically oriented, thickened trabeculations seen in <a href="/articles/primary-intraosseous-haemangioma">intraosseous haemangiomas</a> of the spine. It is the sagittal/coronal equivalent of the <a href="/articles/polka-dot-sign-1">polka-dot sign</a> seen on axial imaging. </p><p>It is caused by the replacement of the normal cancellous bone by thickened vertical trabeculae surrounded by fat marrow or vascular lacunae in intraosseous haemangiomas <sup>2</sup>.</p>- +<p>The <strong>corduroy sign</strong> refers to vertically-oriented, thickened trabeculae seen in <a href="/articles/primary-intraosseous-haemangioma">intraosseous haemangiomas</a> of the spine. It is the sagittal/coronal equivalent of the <a href="/articles/polka-dot-sign-vertebral-haemangioma">polka-dot sign</a> seen on axial imaging. </p><p>It is caused by the replacement of the normal cancellous bone by thickened vertical trabeculae surrounded by fat marrow or vascular lacunae in intraosseous haemangiomas <sup>2</sup>.</p>
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