Abstract |
Two inherited cases of osteomesopyknosis are reported. This is an autosomal dominant osteosclerosis described by Maroteaux in 1980; its radiological abnormalities consist of increased density of the vertebral plates, pelvis, and sometimes of the upper part of the femur. Osteomesopyknosis, usually discovered incidentally on radiographic examination, is a mild form of familial osteosclerosis and must be distinguished from osteopetrosis which carries a worse prognosis.
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Authors | B Delcambre, R M Flipo, J L Leroux, B Duquesnoy |
Journal | Skeletal radiology
(Skeletal Radiol)
Vol. 18
Issue 1
Pg. 21-4
( 1989)
ISSN: 0364-2348 [Print] Germany |
PMID | 2711206
(Publication Type: Case Reports, Journal Article)
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Topics |
- Adolescent
- Diagnosis, Differential
- Female
- Genes, Dominant
- Humans
- Male
- Osteopetrosis
(diagnostic imaging)
- Osteosclerosis
(diagnostic imaging, genetics)
- Radiography
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