Osteomesopycnosis: the first report from Japan.
We describe three sisters in a family who presented with a clinical form of osteomesopycnosis which is a rare, benign osteosclerotic bone disorder limited to the axial skeleton. It must be distinguished from other osteosclerotic conditions which carry a worse prognosis. This is the first report of the condition in a Japanese family, and we believe it to be the first to be identified in Asian races.
Oita Medical University, Japan.
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D000293:Adolescent; D001842:Bone and Bones / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007564:Japan / Q000453:epidemiology; D010026:Osteosclerosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000235:genetics*; D011859:Radiography