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Congenital, Hereditary, and Neonatal Diseases and Abnormalities > Genetic Diseases, Inborn > Osteochondrodysplasias > Fibrous Dysplasia of Bone
Musculoskeletal Diseases > Bone Diseases > Bone Diseases, Developmental > Osteochondrodysplasias > Fibrous Dysplasia of Bone

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Fibrous Dysplasia of Bone  

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Entry terms

  • Jaffe Lichtenstein Disease
  • Jaffe-Lichtenstein Disease
  • Osteitis Fibrosa Disseminata

Note

  • PERIAPICAL FIBROUS DYSPLASIA see CEMENTOMA is also available

Scope note

  • A disease of bone marked by thinning of the cortex by fibrous tissue containing bony spicules, producing pain, disability, and gradually increasing deformity. Only one bone may be involved (FIBROUS DYSPLASIA, MONOSTOTIC) or several (FIBROUS DYSPLASIA, POLYOSTOTIC).

History note

  • 67; was FIBROUS DYSPLASIA 1963-66 (Prov); ALBRIGHT'S DISEASE & JAFFE-LICHTENSTEIN DISEASE were see under OSTEITIS FIBROSA 1963-66

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D005357

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