Gorham's 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. Although many diffe...
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| 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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| spelling | upm-352582016-10-12T04:20:52Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/35258/ Gorham's 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 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/35258/1/FKUSK1_ARTICLE_7.pdf Suppiah, Subapriya and Muridan, Roziah (2016) Gorham's 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/dokumen/FKUSK1_ARTICLE_7.pdf |
| spellingShingle | Suppiah, Subapriya Muridan, Roziah Gorham's disappearing bone disease: a rare cause of extensive bone destruction |
| title | Gorham's disappearing bone disease: a rare cause of extensive bone destruction |
| title_full | Gorham's disappearing bone disease: a rare cause of extensive bone destruction |
| title_fullStr | Gorham's disappearing bone disease: a rare cause of extensive bone destruction |
| title_full_unstemmed | Gorham's disappearing bone disease: a rare cause of extensive bone destruction |
| title_short | Gorham's disappearing bone disease: a rare cause of extensive bone destruction |
| title_sort | gorham's disappearing bone disease: a rare cause of extensive bone destruction |
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