Case report 672: Gorham's disease.
A confusing early "benign" appearance which preceded subsequent radiographic progression of a case of massive osteolysis is presented. Proof of Gorham's disease was obtained by open biopsy of the left femur in this 21-year-old woman who presented with an unusual cortical lesion in the femoral shaft. The lesion initially was subtle in its radiological features but progressed considerably over a 2-year period before biopsy was undertaken.
Friedman
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Department of Medical Imaging, University Hospital, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada.
Horwitz
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Beck
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Sinn
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D000328:Adult; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D005269:Femur / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D010015:Osteolysis, Essential / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D011859:Radiography