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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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Fibrous Dysplasia Polyostotic: When Radiology Clarifies the Diagnosis [PDF]
Fibrous dysplasia is a rare non-hereditary congenital condition characterized by 2 main forms: monostotic and polyostotic. Monostotic is the more common form, while polyostotic, often associated with a syndrome, is rarer. The case presented involves a 10-
Ihssane Lahlou PhD+8 more
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Polyostotic fibrous dysplasia: Unveiling the complexity of a rare bone disorder through a case report [PDF]
Polyostotic fibrous dysplasia is a benign but potentially debilitating bone disorder characterized by the gradual replacement of normal bone with fibrous tissue.
Siham Nasri+3 more
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Craniofacial polyostotic fibrous dysplasia
An unusual case of fibrous dysplasia involving right craniofacial region in a female is reported. The clinical features, radiological findings, and treatment have been discussed.
Yadavalli Guruprasad, Chandan Prabhakar
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Pamidronic acid and cabergoline as effective long-term therapy in a 12-year-old girl with extended facial polyostotic fibrous dysplasia, prolactinoma and acromegaly in McCune-Albright syndrome: a case report [PDF]
Introduction McCune-Albright syndrome is a complex inborn disorder due to early embryonal postzygotic somatic activating mutations in the GNAS1 gene. The phenotype is very heterogeneous and includes polyostotic fibrous dysplasia, typically involving the ...
Classen Carl+4 more
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Treatment approach with clinical follow-up in monostotic fibrous dysplasia: a case series [PDF]
Background Long bones are one of the most common sites involved in fibrous dysplasia. In some cases, there is no deformity, but patients suffer sustained or intermittent dull pain.
Man-hua Liu+3 more
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Polyostotic Fibrous Dysplasia: A Case Report. [PDF]
Polyostotic fibrous dysplasia (PFD) is a scarce noncancerous bone condition characterized by the failure to form mature lamellar bone and arrest in the form of woven bone, resulting in deformities and functional limitations. Extreme forms of craniofacial fibrous dysplasia can lead to leontiasis ossea, an exceptionally uncommon presentation. We report a
Aram A+3 more
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Polyostotic Fibrous Dysplasia [PDF]
Summary A case of polyostotic fibrous dysplasia in a 5-year-old girl is reported. The diagnosis was made by the characteristic triad of predominantly unilateral bone lesions, precocious “puberty,” and unilateral skin pigmentation, and was substantiated by radiographic and pathologic examination of the bone lesions. The early onset of menses (second
Louis J. Hackett+1 more
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Polyostotic fibrous dysplasia: imaging findings of a controversial case [PDF]
Fibrous dysplasia is a rare non-neoplastic tumor-like congenital bone disease that is most likely associated with GNAS gene mutations, with a broad spectrum of clinical presentations, ranging from isolated monostotic and polyostotic forms to other extra ...
Francesca De Michele+3 more
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Fibrous dysplasia is a disease that causes aberrant development of osteoblasts, which results in fibrous stroma replacing normal bone. Lichtenstein first described it in 1938. It is a sporadic disorder caused due to a postzygotic mutation in the
R B Revanth+5 more
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