Studies in Osteopetrosis.

Osteoblasts in the Vicinity of Osteoclasts in a Case of Infantile Osteopetrosis

Osteopetrosis Complicated by Maxillary Osteomyelitis: A Case Report

Introduction: Maxillary osteomyelitis is a rare phenomenon. If it occurs, evaluation for underlying disease especially osteopetrosis must be considered. Osteomyelitis occurs as a complication in 10% of the cases of osteopetrosis. Case report: This is a case report of maxillary osteomyelitis presented in a 15-year old boy with osteopetrosis.  In this case, the disease represented mainly with ...

Osteopetrosis a report of two Iranian patients with autosomal recessive inheritance pattern

In the rare hereditary bone disorder of osteopetrosis, reduced bone resorption function leads to both the development of densely sclerotic fragile bones and progressive obliteration of the marrow spaces and cranial foramina. Marrow obliteration, typically associated with extramedullary hemopoiesis and hepatosplenomegaly, results in anemia and thrombocytopenia and nerve entrapment accounts for p...

Osteopetrosis complicated by schizophrenia results from mutations on Chromosome 16

Objective: To investigate the genetic pathogenesis and diagnosis of osteopetrosis, and its relationship with schizophrenia. Methods: Conducting extensive review of literature related to osteopetrosis patients with schizophrenia, summing common disease genes and diagnosis of osteopetrosis in association with schizophrenia. Results and Conclusion: Osteopetrosis is a rare inherited metabolic bone ...

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Osteopetrosis is a rare metabolic bone disease characterized by generalized increase in skeletal mass. About 500 cases have been described in the literature. This disorder presents. In one of three forms: Osteopetosis Tarda , Osreopetrosis Congenital and “marble bone” disease. Osteopetrosis congentia results in bone marrow failur and is almost always fatal. Marble bone disease causes short st...