Essential osteolysis. Study of 3 cases and a classification trial

Disappearing bone disease is a rare syndrome, characterized by an idiopathic and spontaneous progressive resorption of bone, for which different etiologies must be considered. The classification of this disease is difficult; acro-osteolysis involves the phalanges or the carpus and tarsus. Massive os...

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Published inAnnales de médecine interne Vol. 142; no. 1; p. 17
Main Authors Bisagni-Faure, A, Giraudet-Le Quintrec, J S, Job-Deslandre, C, Menkes, C J
Format Journal Article
LanguageFrench
Published France 1991
Subjects
Adult
Carpal Bones
Female
Humans
Male
Osteolysis, Essential - classification
Osteolysis, Essential - diagnosis
Osteolysis, Essential - etiology
Tarsal Bones
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Summary:Disappearing bone disease is a rare syndrome, characterized by an idiopathic and spontaneous progressive resorption of bone, for which different etiologies must be considered. The classification of this disease is difficult; acro-osteolysis involves the phalanges or the carpus and tarsus. Massive osteolysis corresponds to diffuse multicentric cystic hemangiomatosis and Gorham and Stout's disease. We describe two cases of acro-osteolysis and one of Gorham and Stout's disease. The mechanism of disappearing bone disease remains unknown and no treatment has yet been found to stop its evolution.
ISSN:0003-410X