ENDOSTEAL HYPEROSTOSIS
ENDOSTEAL HYPEROSTOSIS Part of “CHAPTER 66 – RARE DISORDERS OF SKELETAL FORMATION AND HOMEOSTASIS“ Endosteal hyperostosis is inherited either as a clinically severe autosomal recessive disorder (sclerosteosis or van Buchem…
INFANTILE CORTICAL HYPEROSTOSIS (CAFFEY SYNDROME)
INFANTILE CORTICAL HYPEROSTOSIS (CAFFEY SYNDROME) Part of “CHAPTER 66 – RARE DISORDERS OF SKELETAL FORMATION AND HOMEOSTASIS“ Infantile cortical hyperostosis is a self-limited, focal skeletal disorder in which exuberant periosteal…
PROGRESSIVE DIAPHYSEAL DYSPLASIA (CAMURATI-ENGELMANN DISEASE)
PROGRESSIVE DIAPHYSEAL DYSPLASIA (CAMURATI-ENGELMANN DISEASE) Part of “CHAPTER 66 – RARE DISORDERS OF SKELETAL FORMATION AND HOMEOSTASIS“ Progressive diaphyseal dysplasia is a sclerosing bone disorder that is inherited in an…
PYCNODYSOSTOSIS
PYCNODYSOSTOSIS Part of “CHAPTER 66 – RARE DISORDERS OF SKELETAL FORMATION AND HOMEOSTASIS“ Pycnodysostosis, an autosomal recessive disorder, perhaps affected the French impressionist painter Henri de Toulouse- Lautrec.2,6 Patients present…
OSTEOPETROSIS
OSTEOPETROSIS Part of “CHAPTER 66 – RARE DISORDERS OF SKELETAL FORMATION AND HOMEOSTASIS“ Osteopetrosis (marble bone disease) is one of many disorders that cause high bone mass (Table 66-1).6 Two…
RARE DISORDERS OF SKELETAL FORMATION AND HOMEOSTASIS
RARE DISORDERS OF SKELETAL FORMATION AND HOMEOSTASIS Michael P. Whyte Although they are individually rare, many unusual disorders of skeletal formation and homeostasis exist.1,2,3,4,5,6 and 7 Some entities are mere…
CLINICAL PRESENTATION
CLINICAL PRESENTATION Part of “CHAPTER 65 – PAGET DISEASE OF BONE“ The localized nature of Paget disease leads to a variable clinical presentation. Frequently, only one or two bones are…
