title: Mixed-sclerosing-bone-dystrophy (osteopathia striata and osteopetrosis) and Cushing's syndrome.
abstract: We present a 33-year-old female patient with the unusual association of mixed sclerosing bone dysplasia and Cushing's syndrome. The patient had the classical features of cortisol overproduction and investigation showed bilateral adrenal adenomas and radiographic abnormalities in bone of osteopathia striata and osteopetrosis: the mixed-sclerosing-bone-dystrophy (MSBD).
authors.affiliation: Servizio di Endocrinologia, Ospedale Generale di Udine, Italy.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Proto
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Bertolissi
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Moretti
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Corsi
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001848:Bone Diseases, Developmental / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000378:metabolism; D002648:Child; D003480:Cushing Syndrome / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000378:metabolism; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010022:Osteopetrosis / Q000150:complications; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed