A lethal form of Gorham disease associated with extensive musculoskeletal pneumatosis: Case report and review of the literature

Skeletal Radiology

Volumn 37, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1041-1046

  Atalabi, Omolola M ^a   Fishman, Steven J ^b   Kozakewich, Harry P ^b   Alsamarah, Ali Y ^b   Alomari, Ahmad I ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

^b BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Chylothorax; Computed tomography; Essential osteolysis; Magnetic resonance imaging; Pathological fracture

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; IRON; VITAMIN D;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BONE ATROPHY; BONE BIOPSY; BONE DEMINERALIZATION; BONE DENSITY; BONE PAIN; BONE TISSUE; CASE REPORT; CHYLOTHORAX; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; FEMUR FRACTURE; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LEG PROSTHESIS; LETHALITY; MASSIVE OSTEOLYSIS; MUSCLE ATROPHY; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; MUSCULOSKELETAL PNEUMATOSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSTEOLYSIS; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; PATHOLOGIC FRACTURE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PLEURA EFFUSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCOLIOSIS; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; SKELETON MALFORMATION; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; WEAKNESS;

ADOLESCENT; CHYLOTHORAX; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DISEASE PROGRESSION; EMPHYSEMA; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSTEOLYSIS, ESSENTIAL; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 52449125614     PISSN: 03642348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00256-008-0525-5     Document Type: Article

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