An Unusual Case of Polyostotic Fibrous Dysplasia in a 53-Year-Old Woman With Low Back Pain

A case of craniofacial polyostotic fibrous dysplasia.

We present the case of a patient with craniofacial polyostotic fibrous dysplasia. Polyostotic fibrous dysplasia is relatively rare and usually presents in late childhood/early adulthood. It is occasionally associated with endocrine disorders such as McCune-Albright syndrome. The benign pathology of this bone tumor belies its implications in the region of the skull base. Craniofacial polyostotic...

Polyostotic fibrous dysplasia; a case report.

Fibrous dysplasia is a condition leading to abnormal differentiation of osteoblasts which leads to replacement of normal bone with fibrous stroma [1-3]. It may involve single bone (monostotic) or multiple bones (polyostotic). It may affect any bone however; skull and ribs are the commonest [2,4-6]. It is usually asymptomatic and is an incidental finding. It may become symptomatic when complicat...

A 53-year-old woman with abdominal pain and fullness.

Polyostotic fibrous dysplasia.

An 18-year-old man was referred to the authors' institution's thoracic cancer specialists for further consultation after abnormal findings were seen on chest radiograph.

Polyostotic fibrous dysplasia of the ribs: An unusual cause of chest pain and dyspnea

Fibrous dysplasia is a benign bony abnormality that may be monostotic or polyostotic and is not included in the differential diagnosis of chest pain and dyspnea, since it is typically asymptomatic. A 36-year-old man presented with left-sided chest pain and dsypnea for three months. Chest X-ray and chest computed tomography scan revealed a large solid mass arising from the anterior parts of the ...