title: A rare case of multiple sclerosis and cerebral hemorrhage associated with osteopetrosis.
abstract: Osteopetrosis, or Albers-Schönberg disease, is a rare hereditary disease characterized by osteoclast dysfunction and consequent diminished bone resorption and disturbed bone building and remodeling, resulting in abnormally dense and brittle bones. Bone marrow failure, pathologic fractures, and neurologic deficits are common. Osteopetrosis is diagnosed on radiographs. Patients have generalized osteosclerosis, and radiographs may show evidence of fractures. We report a case of cerebral hemorrhage and multiple sclerosis associated with the benign adult form of osteopetrosis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, Acibadem University School of Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey.
authors.forename: Dilaver
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Kaya
authors.forename: Erdem
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Tüzün
authors.forename: Alp
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Dinçer
authors.forename: M Necmettin
authors.initials: MN
authors.lastname: Pamir
authors.forename: Murat
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kürtüncü
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002543:Cerebral Hemorrhage / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D005073:Evoked Potentials, Somatosensory; D005074:Evoked Potentials, Visual; D005260:Female; D006429:Hemiplegia / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D009103:Multiple Sclerosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D010022:Osteopetrosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D010291:Paresis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed