Cotton wool appearance is seen ____________________ ?

Correct answer: A. Pagets disease

  • A. Pagets disease
  • B. Osteomyelitis
  • C. Fibrous dysplasia
  • D. Achondroplasia

Explanation

Paget disease of bone classically produces a cotton-wool appearance on skull radiographs because of irregular, mixed lytic and sclerotic bone formation. Fibrous dysplasia more typically gives a ground-glass appearance.

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