title: Pyle's disease: an incidental finding in a routine dental patient.
abstract: Pyle's disease (PD) or metaphyseal dysplasia is an extremely rare genetic disorder, transmitted as an autosomal recessive trait. The peculiarity of the disease is that the striking radiographic manifestations contrast with the relatively normal clinical features. The oral findings and radiographic features of the disease are not well documented. The present paper describes the radiographic features of Pyle's disease in a 17-year-old girl and draws attention to the findings in the jaw bones.
authors.affiliation: Department of Oral Medicine and Radiology, Bapuji Dental College and Hospital, Davangere--577 004, Karnataka, India. veesn@rediffmail.com
authors.forename: V S
authors.initials: VS
authors.lastname: Narayananan
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Ashok
authors.forename: G P
authors.initials: GP
authors.lastname: Mamatha
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Rajeshwari
authors.forename: S S
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Prasad
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001848:Bone Diseases, Developmental / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D005260:Female; D005269:Femur / Q000002:abnormalities; D006801:Humans; D006811:Humerus / Q000002:abnormalities; D011862:Radiography, Panoramic; D012886:Skull / Q000002:abnormalities; D013977:Tibia / Q000002:abnormalities; D014076:Tooth Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D014080:Tooth Exfoliation; D014094:Tooth, Deciduous / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000503:physiopathology; D014097:Tooth, Unerupted / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology