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Osteopoikilosis is a benign autosomal dominant sclerosing dysplasia of bone characterized by the presence of numerous bone islands in the skeleton.The radiographic appearance of osteopoikilosis on an x-ray is characterized by a pattern of numerous white densities of similar size spread throughout all the bones. This is a systemic condition. It must be differentiated from blastic metastasis which can also present radiographically as white densities interspersed throughout bone.

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