title: Osteopoikilosis.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Osteopoikilosis is a rare and asymptomatic disease of the bone that is often discovered incidentally on radiography. On a plain radiograph it is manifested by multiple, small, circular or oval shaped radio-dense lesions which are diagnostic for this condition and are often mistaken for metastatic disease.
  
  
  METHODS
  We present the case of a 24-year-old female patient with osteopoikilosis diagnosed incidentally on radiographs.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Osteopoikilosis is a benign sclerosing dysplasia of bone of unknown aetiology that requires no specific treatment.
authors.affiliation: Department of Emergency Medicine, Adelaide and Meath incorporating National Childrens Hospital, Tallaght, Dublin 24, Ireland. prasad.ellanti@gmail.com
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Ellanti
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Clarke
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Gray
mesh_terms: D002348:Carpal Bones / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D033162:Incidental Findings; D010023:Osteopoikilosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D011859:Radiography; D012598:Sclerosis; D055815:Young Adult