FIBROUS DYSPLASIA
FIBROUS DYSPLASIA Part of “CHAPTER 66 – RARE DISORDERS OF SKELETAL FORMATION AND HOMEOSTASIS“ Fibrous dysplasia, a sporadic unifocal or multifocal developmental skeletal disorder, affects either sex and often causes…
FIBRODYSPLASIA (MYOSITIS) OSSIFICANS PROGRESSIVA
FIBRODYSPLASIA (MYOSITIS) OSSIFICANS PROGRESSIVA Part of “CHAPTER 66 – RARE DISORDERS OF SKELETAL FORMATION AND HOMEOSTASIS“ Fibrodysplasia (myositis) ossificans progressiva (FOP) features accumulation of true bone in the fibrous connective…
MIXED SCLEROSING BONE DYSTROPHY
MIXED SCLEROSING BONE DYSTROPHY Part of “CHAPTER 66 – RARE DISORDERS OF SKELETAL FORMATION AND HOMEOSTASIS“ Related posts: DEFINITIONS THYROID-HORMONE RECEPTOR BINDING TO THYROID HORMONE RESPONSE ELEMENTS DISEASE-SPECIFIC VARIATION RADIATION…
MELORHEOSTOSIS
MELORHEOSTOSIS Part of “CHAPTER 66 – RARE DISORDERS OF SKELETAL FORMATION AND HOMEOSTASIS“ Melorheostosis, a sporadic, asymmetric hyperostosis that usually affects the long bones, can cause pain and intermittent swelling…
OSTEOPOIKILOSIS
OSTEOPOIKILOSIS Part of “CHAPTER 66 – RARE DISORDERS OF SKELETAL FORMATION AND HOMEOSTASIS“ Osteopoikilosis (spotted bones) is a radiographic curiosity.5,6 If unrecognized, however, it may lead to investigation for metastatic…
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…
