title: Osteomesopyknosis. Report of two new cases.
abstract: Two inherited cases of osteomesopyknosis are reported. This is an autosomal dominant osteosclerosis described by Maroteaux in 1980; its radiological abnormalities consist of increased density of the vertebral plates, pelvis, and sometimes of the upper part of the femur. Osteomesopyknosis, usually discovered incidentally on radiographic examination, is a mild form of familial osteosclerosis and must be distinguished from osteopetrosis which carries a worse prognosis.
authors.affiliation: Service de Clinique Rhumatologique, Centre André Verhaeghe, Hôpital de la Charité, Lille, France.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Delcambre
authors.forename: R M
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Flipo
authors.forename: J L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Leroux
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Duquesnoy
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D005799:Genes, Dominant; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010022:Osteopetrosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D010026:Osteosclerosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000235:genetics*; D011859:Radiography