Rapidly progressive hip disease masquerading as Gorham′s syndrome of the femoral head
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Gorhams disease: vanishing bone syndrome.
Gorhams disease, also known as massive osteolysis or vanishing bone disease is an extremely rare bone disease. It is characterized by angiomatosis with adjacent bone resorption. We report an 8-years old boy with the disease who was managed successfully with alpha 2b interferon therapy.
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Orthopaedics and Allied Sciences
سال: 2016
ISSN: 2319-2585
DOI: 10.4103/2319-2585.193849