Monostotic Fibrous Dysplasia (Subscribe)  

Differential diagnosis of cystic lesions in the proximal femur: a case report Stefan Endres and Axel Wilke Cases Journal 2009, 2:26 (full text available)
We are reporting about the case of a 22-year old woman, who made a first visit as an outpatient with pain that arose in acute form in...

Jaffe-Lichtenstein monostotic fibrous dysplasia of bone: Definition(s) via UMLS "A disease of bone marked by thinning of the cortex and replacement of bone marrow by gritty fibrous tissue containing bony spicules, producing pain, disability, and gradually increasing deformity. Only one bone may be involved (FIBROUS DYSPLASIA, MONOSTOTIC) or several (FIBROUS DYSPLASIA,...

Description: A monostotic form of fibrous dysplasia of bone. Constitutional, benign disease of the bones characterised by excessive proliferation of single or multiple circumscribed fibrous lesions, predominantly in the long bones, which predispose to painful bone deformities and pathological fractures, limping, unequal limp length, skull asymmetry, leontiaslike appearance, scoliosis, lordosis, and...

Illustrated cases. See also - Fibrous dysplasia with secondary osteosarcoma