title: Ribbing disease.
abstract: Ribbing disease is a rare sclerosing dysplasia that involves long tubular bones, especially the tibia and femur. It occurs after puberty and is reported to be more common in women. In this article we describe how Ribbing disease can be differentiated from diseases like Engelmann-Camurati disease, van Buchem disease, Erdheim-Chester disease, osteoid osteoma, chronic osteomyelitis, stress fracture, etc.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology and Imaging Sciences, Sri Ramachandra Medical College and Research Institute, Sri Ramachandra University, Chennai - 600 116, India.
authors.forename: Philson J
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Mukkada
authors.forename: Teenu
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Franklin
authors.forename: Rangasami
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Rajeswaran
authors.forename: Santhosh
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Joseph