Disappearing bone disease and Chiari I malformation.
Gorham's disease is a rare disorder in which massive osteolysis occurs within bone, and therefore earns its historical name: disappearing bone disease. We describe a case of Chiari I malformation in a patient with this rare disorder, with treatment consisting of a suboccipital craniectomy, C1 laminectomy, and duraplasty for Chiari decompression.
Division of Neurosurgery, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710, USA.
Betsy D
BD
Hughes
Gerald A
GA
Grant
Thomas J
TJ
Cummings
Herbert E
HE
Fuchs
D001139:Arnold-Chiari Malformation / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D001706:Biopsy; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003399:Craniotomy; D019299:Decompression, Surgical; D004388:Dura Mater / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007796:Laminectomy; D008297:Male; D010015:Osteolysis, Essential / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D011859:Radiography