title: Progressive diaphyseal dysplasia presenting as neuromuscular disease.
abstract: Two children with progressive diaphyseal dysplasia (Engelmann's disease) were initially diagnosed as having a neuromuscular disorder because of their clinical presentations of muscle weakness, a waddling gait, and limb pain. Radiographs revealed the characteristic radiographic changes.
authors.affiliation: Shriners Hospital for Crippled Children, Tampa, 33612.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Stenzler
authors.forename: D P
authors.initials: DP
authors.lastname: Grogan
authors.forename: S M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Frenchman
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: McClelland
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Ogden
mesh_terms: D003966:Camurati-Engelmann Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000503:physiopathology; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005684:Gait; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009468:Neuromuscular Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000503:physiopathology; D010009:Osteochondrodysplasias / Q000175:diagnosis*; D011859:Radiography