title: A lethal form of Gorham disease associated with extensive musculoskeletal pneumatosis: case report and review of the literature.
abstract: We report here the imaging findings of a rare case of a lethal form of Gorham disease in a young female patient. Multimodality imaging findings over 13 year-follow-up demonstrated progressive wide spread skeletal and soft tissue abnormalities with permeative osteolysis, pathological fractures and severe skeletal deformities. Unusual extensive osseous and soft tissue pneumatosis was illustrated on cross-sectional studies. The progressive nature of this form of Gorham disease and the subsequent complications eventually culminated in patient's death.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, College of Medicine, University College Hospital, Ibadan, Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria.
authors.forename: Omolola M
authors.initials: OM
authors.lastname: Atalabi
authors.forename: Steven J
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Fishman
authors.forename: Harry P
authors.initials: HP
authors.lastname: Kozakewich
authors.forename: Ali Y
authors.initials: AY
authors.lastname: Alsamarah
authors.forename: Ahmad I
authors.initials: AI
authors.lastname: Alomari
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002916:Chylothorax / Q000209:etiology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D018450:Disease Progression; D004646:Emphysema / Q000209:etiology; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D010015:Osteolysis, Essential / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed