title: [Osteopoikilosis. A clinical case].
abstract: We report a 35 years old female presenting with a right wrist pain. Physical examination was normal but, on a hand X ray examination, multiple dense para-articular bone foci were observed. Studying the rest of the skeleton, similar alterations were found in pelvis, knees, ankles, feet, shoulders and elbows. Osteopoikilosis is an infrequent sclerotic bone dysplasia. Its diagnosis is made by the observation of multiple dense, nodular and symmetrical images of para-articular location on bone X ray examinations. It has no clinical or pathological importance. Thus, it must be distinguished from osteoblastic bone metastases.
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Radiología, Hospital José Joaquín Aguirre, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Chile, Santiago de Chile.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Guerra
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Gutiérrez
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Vergara
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: East
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010023:Osteopoikilosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D011859:Radiography
vernacular_title: Osteopoiquilia. Caso clínico.