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Osteopetrosis
Osteopetrosis ("marble bone disease") is a descriptive term that refers to a group of rare, heritable disorders of the skeleton characterized by increased bone density on radiographs. The overall incidence of these conditions is difficult to estimate but autosomal recessive osteopetrosis (ARO) has an incidence of 1 in 250,000 births, and autosomal dominant osteopetrosis (ADO) has an incidence o...
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Osteopetrosis is a rare genetic bone disease characterized by increased bone density but prone to breakage due to defective osteoclastic function. Among two primary types of autosomal dominant osteopetrosis (ADO), osteopetrosis type II is characterized by sclerosis of bones, predominantly involving the spine, the pelvis, and the skull base. Fragility of bones and dental abscess are leading comp...
متن کاملOral Manifestations of Osteopetrosis.
Osteopetrosis is a hereditary disorder of bone characterized by sclerosis of bone and decreased marrow spaces. Due to depressed marrow function, this disorder can cause anemia, hepatosplenomegaly, recurrent infections and osteomyelitis of jaw. Excessive bone deposition in skull base leads to narrowing of foramina and cranial nerve compression. Bone marrow transplantation is the only curative tr...
متن کامل[Spondylolysis in osteopetrosis].
We report the occurrence of spondylolysis and/or spondylolisthesis of the lumbar vertebrae in five patients with osteopetrosis, four of them having multiple lesions. The case histories indicate that spondylolysis had developed in the pathological bone as a result of increased stress and that it is an acquired lesion.
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The anaemia so frequently found in cases of osteopetrosis in children has been generally regarded as being due to poor development of the bone marrow cavity by failure of absorption and organization of primitive chondro-osteoid tissue (Warkany, 1959; Clifton and Frank, 1959; Aegerter and Kirkpatrick, 1958). In many cases, however, the severity of the anaemia has not corresponded with the radiol...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Arthritis & Rheumatism
سال: 1982
ISSN: 0004-3591,1529-0131
DOI: 10.1002/art.1780250825