Vanishing bone disease in a five year old: Report of a case and review of the literature

International Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 222-226

  Ricalde, Pat ^a   Ord, R A ^a   Sun, C C J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bone resorption; Bone tumour; Disappearing bone; Gorham's disease; Gorham Stout syndrome; Haemangioendothelioma; Haemangiomatosis; Idiopathic osteolytic syndrome; Massive osteolysis; Paediatric tumours; Phantom bone disease; Vanishing bone diseases; Vascular tumour

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; BONE DISEASE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISEASE COURSE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MANDIBLE TUMOR; MASSIVE OSTEOLYSIS; MAXILLOFACIAL DISORDER; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SURVIVAL;

EID: 0037650150     PISSN: 09015027     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1054/ijom.2002.0306     Document Type: Article

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