Osteopoikilosis: report of a clinical case and review of the literature.
Osteopoikilosis is an uncommon benign sclerosing bone dysplasia. Herein we present a case of osteopoikilosis with characteristic roentgenographic findings and clinical findings of cervical myelopathy. The importance of the differential diagnosis in symptomatic cases of osteopoikilosis is emphasized with the review of the literature.
Borman
Pinar
P
Numune Education and Research Hospital, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Samanpazari, Ankara, Turkey. pinarb@ato.org.tr
Ozoran
Kürşat
K
Aydoğ
Sükrü
S
Coşkun
Selçuk
S
D001859:Bone Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000556:secondary; D002574:Cervical Vertebrae / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008557:Melorheostosis / Q000175:diagnosis; D008875:Middle Aged; D010016:Osteoma / Q000175:diagnosis; D010023:Osteopoikilosis / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D010026:Osteosclerosis / Q000175:diagnosis; D011859:Radiography; D013116:Spinal Cord / Q000473:pathology; D013117:Spinal Cord Compression / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology*; D014402:Tuberous Sclerosis / Q000175:diagnosis