The bone and mineral complications associated with renal failure are numerous—hyperparathyroidism, adynamic bone disease, aluminum bone disease, acidosis, b2-microglobulin amyloidosis, gonadal deficiencyassociated osteopenia, and posttransplant osteoporosis. Renal osteodystrophy is the generic term generally used to describe the skeletal complications of renal failure. Renal osteodystrophy enco...

Introduction Fibrous dysplasia is a non-hereditary disease of childhood, of unknown etiology, in which fibrous tissue replaces normal bone. There is a wide spectrum of involvement, from asymptomatic isolated bonelesions to severe debilitation and the rare Albright’s syndrome of osteitis fibrosa disseminata, hyperpigmented skin lesions and endocrine dysfunction (Albright et al. 1937). The follow...