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Gorhams disappearing bone disease: a rare cause of extensive bone destruction

Osteolytic disease of the bones have a myriad range of aetiology. One rare cause is Gorham’s disease or disappearing bone disease. This disease is a diagnosis by exclusion using correlation made with clinical presentation, radiological findings and histopathological confirmation. Al...

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Main Authors: Suppiah, Subapriya, Muridan, Roziah
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universiti Putra Malaysia 2016
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Gorham’s disease; Disappearing bone; Osteolysis; Computed tomography
Online Access:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/54396/1/Gorhams%20disappearing%20bone%20disease.pdf
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spelling oai:psasir.upm.edu.my:54396 http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/54396/ Gorhams disappearing bone disease: a rare cause of extensive bone destruction Suppiah, Subapriya Muridan, Roziah Osteolytic disease of the bones have a myriad range of aetiology. One rare cause is Gorham’s disease or disappearing bone disease. This disease is a diagnosis by exclusion using correlation made with clinical presentation, radiological findings and histopathological confirmation. Although many different therapies have been advocated, none have been successful in fully controlling this disease. We present a case that was detected in a Chinese lady using diagnostic imaging, confirmed with computed tomography guided biopsy and successfully treated with joint reconstruction using endoprosthesis. Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universiti Putra Malaysia 2016-01 Article PeerReviewed text en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/54396/1/Gorhams%20disappearing%20bone%20disease.pdf Suppiah, Subapriya and Muridan, Roziah (2016) Gorhams disappearing bone disease: a rare cause of extensive bone destruction. Malaysian Journal of Medicine and Health Sciences, 12 (1). pp. 59-62. ISSN 1675-8544 http://www.medic.upm.edu.my/penyelidikan/malaysian_journal_of_medicine_and_health_sciences_mjmhs/mjmhs_vol12_no1_jan_2016-28050 Gorham’s disease; Disappearing bone; Osteolysis; Computed tomography
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language English
topic Gorham’s disease; Disappearing bone; Osteolysis; Computed tomography
spellingShingle Gorham’s disease; Disappearing bone; Osteolysis; Computed tomography
Suppiah, Subapriya
Muridan, Roziah
Gorhams disappearing bone disease: a rare cause of extensive bone destruction
description Osteolytic disease of the bones have a myriad range of aetiology. One rare cause is Gorham’s disease or disappearing bone disease. This disease is a diagnosis by exclusion using correlation made with clinical presentation, radiological findings and histopathological confirmation. Although many different therapies have been advocated, none have been successful in fully controlling this disease. We present a case that was detected in a Chinese lady using diagnostic imaging, confirmed with computed tomography guided biopsy and successfully treated with joint reconstruction using endoprosthesis.
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author Suppiah, Subapriya
Muridan, Roziah
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Muridan, Roziah
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title Gorhams disappearing bone disease: a rare cause of extensive bone destruction
title_short Gorhams disappearing bone disease: a rare cause of extensive bone destruction
title_full Gorhams disappearing bone disease: a rare cause of extensive bone destruction
title_fullStr Gorhams disappearing bone disease: a rare cause of extensive bone destruction
title_full_unstemmed Gorhams disappearing bone disease: a rare cause of extensive bone destruction
title_sort gorhams disappearing bone disease: a rare cause of extensive bone destruction
publisher Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universiti Putra Malaysia
publishDate 2016
url http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/54396/1/Gorhams%20disappearing%20bone%20disease.pdf
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