Massive periosteal new bone formation in ulcerative colitis.
A case of periosteal new bone formation in a 14-year-old girl with recurrent ulcerative colitis is reported. There was exacerbation of the periosteal new bone formation during acute episodes of colitis, and incorporation of the periosteal appositions into the underlying bone during remission.
D000293:Adolescent; D003093:Colitis, Ulcerative / Q000150:complications*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010005:Osteoarthropathy, Secondary Hypertrophic / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology; D010012:Osteogenesis; D010521:Periosteum / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D011859:Radiography