[Osteopetrosis in a 16-year old boy].
The clinical picture is presented of the marble disease of the bones in a 16-year-old boy who had had three femoral fractures (at the age of 13 and 14 years) and was referred with suspected acute leukaemia. High grade hepatosplenomegaly and the presence of young forms of granulocytes and erythroblasts in peripheral blood evidenced the development of extramedullary metaplasia foci. The use of prednisone and low calcium diet in the advanced stage of the disease, when the signs of pancytopenia were present, gave only partial and short-lasting improvement.
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Kliniki Pediatrii i Hematologii Sl. Ak. Med., Katowicach.
Gawlicki
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D000293:Adolescent; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010022:Osteopetrosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy
Osteopetrosis u 16-letniego chłopca.