| Literature DB >> 22470634 |
George Paraskevas1, Athanasios Raikos, Marios Stavrakas, Sofia Spanidou, Basileios Papaziogas.
Abstract
Osteopoikilosis (OP) is a very rare benign sclerosing bony dysplasia with an autosomal dominant inheritance. We describe the morphology of an osteopoikilosis male patient, associated with severe pain on wrist and hand joints, report on the relative literature and focus on clinical significance, due to mimicking capability of other more severe conditions such as bone metastases.Entities:
Keywords: Osteopoikilosis; differential diagnosis; severe pain
Year: 2009 PMID: 22470634 PMCID: PMC3303288 DOI: 10.3941/jrcr.v3i12.260
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Radiol Case Rep ISSN: 1943-0922