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A 45-year-old man presented to the emergency room for left leg pain following after a fall. Standard X-Rays showed no fracture but revealed, at the distal extremity of the tibial diaphysis, a 3 cm long, ovoid intramedullary lesion with thinning the ...
M A Van Caulaert, P Mailleux
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Fibrous Dysplasia / McCune Albright syndrome (FD/MAS) represents a wide spectrum of diseases due to somatic gain-of-function mutations of the GNAS gene. The mutation leads to overactivity in the target tissues and to a wide phenotype of clinical features
Muhammad Kassim Javaid+20 more
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Fibrous Dysplasia of Bone [PDF]
In the autumn of 1947 the Department of Neurosurgery, State Hospital, Copenhagen, admitted a patient who caused certain diagnostic difficulties, clinical as well as radiological. Her case history will be reported below, and at the same time a few similar cases will be reviewed on the basis of studies of the literature.
G. Vraa-jensen, H. H. Jacobsen
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FIBROUS DYSPLASIA OF BONE [PDF]
1. Fibrous dysplasia of bone includes monostotic lesions, polyostotic lesions, and Albright's syndrome. 2. The basic morphology of all three groups includes replacement of cortical and cancellous bone and marrow by fibrous connective tissue, containing varying amounts of imperfect cancellous bone. 3. The etiology and pathogenesis of fibrous dysplasia
Moises Polak+2 more
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Maxillofacial fibrous dysplasia
Fibrous dysplasia is a non- neoplastic hamartomatous developmental fibro osseous lesion of bone. This paper provides a brief overview of fibrous dysplasia in a historic perspective and highlights the controversies in fibrous dysplasia seen in the cranio-
Mahajan Sumita, Kamboj Mala, Baoz Karen
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The nature of fibrous dysplasia [PDF]
Fibrous dysplasia has been regarded as a developmental skeletal disorder characterized by replacement of normal bone with benign cellular fibrous connective tissue.
Lemmer Johan+4 more
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Determinants of impaired quality of life in patients with fibrous dysplasia
Background Fibrous dysplasia is a rare bone disorder, commonly associated with pain, deformity and fractures, which may significantly impact on quality of life.
Bas C. J. Majoor+7 more
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Background: A 51-year-old male was referred to the hospital with pain on the right side of the thorax, without any apparent trauma. There was no medical history. He had a nonproductive cough and smoked 15 cigarettes a day.
BJ Schouten, HM Suliman
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Current concepts of craniofacial fibrous dysplasia: pathophysiology and treatment
Fibrous dysplasia is an uncommon genetic disorder in which bone is replaced by immature bone and fibrous tissue, manifesting as slow-growing lesions. Sporadic post-zygotic activating mutations in GNAS gene result in dysregulated GαS-protein signaling and
Dong Yeon Kim
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Fibrous dysplasia has various ways of presentation including syndromic associations and secondary changes within the lesion. We present a case of a 21-year-old female with craniofacial fibrous dysplasia, presenting with proptosis and intermittent ...
Chandrika Sachar+2 more
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