Two Cases of Suspected Massive Osteolysis, Radiographically.

Two Cases of Suspected Massive Osteolysis, Radiographically

We report two cases of suspected massive osteolysis Case 1 was a 63-year-old man who experienced pain in his left buttock six years ago and was walking with a limp the following year. X-ray showed resorption of the left coxal bone and pubic bone. Suspecting a malignant tumor, biopsy was performed. The findings showed massive osteolysis which had destroyed bone trabeculaes, and replaced granulom...

Massive osteolysis.

Massive osteolysis: disappearing bones.

Massive osteolysis ( Gorham,s disease) and report a case

Gotham's disease or vanishing bone is a rare disease with unknown etiology. Frequently, children and young adults are affected. It is characterized by proliferation of vascular or lymphatic tissue which results in destruction and resorption of bone. In this disease, the destructed bone is replaced either by hemangiomatous or lymphangiomatous tissue ( s) and in a later stage, fibrosis occurs. It...

Suspected Botulism: A Report on Two Cases

or ichthyosismus, as it is otherwise described is a disease produced by the ingestion of tlje toxin elaborated by the growth in food product3 of Clostridium botulinum, an anaerobic spoi'e' bearing bacillus having as its natural habna the soil. Botulism is by no means a common diseaseIn the U.S.A. and Canada 146 outbreaks have been reported affecting 504 persons of whom 337 died, a case mortalit...