title: [Spontaneous osteolysis of the carpus (Gorham syndrome?)].
abstract: Osteolysis following trauma (vanishing bone) is well known. Its appearance is not typical to any special anatomical site. A massive osteolysis of the carpus was described by GORHAM in 1955. In subsequent years this type of osteolysis was found together with progressive nephropathy. The author presents a case of exclusively carpal osteolysis without initial trauma, not accompanied by nephropathy, starting out at the age of six. The carpal bones were completely destroyed by the age of eleven.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001862:Bone Resorption / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D002348:Carpal Bones / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D002648:Child; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010015:Osteolysis, Essential / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D011859:Radiography; D014457:Ulna / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging
vernacular_title: Spontane Osteolyse vom karpalen Typ (Gorham-Syndrom?).