title: Polyostotic form of fibrous dysplasia in a 13 years old Colombian girl showing clinical and biochemical response to neridronate intravenous therapy.
abstract: Fibrous dysplasia affects principally the bone, it might also comprise extra skeletal anomalies; whereby the bone is replaced by a dysplastic fibrous tissue. It is classified according to the number of affected bones, and its association to endocrine alterations in: monostotic, polyostotic forms and Albright's disease. A congenital etiology is suggested. Pathologic fractures are the most frequently associated complications. We present a case with a polyostotic form of fibrous dysplasia in a 13 years old Colombian girl, wherein a differential diagnosis and treatment decision was made.
authors.affiliation: Unit of Bone Metabolic Diseases, AOUC, Florence, Italy.
authors.forename: Edwin Jobany Parra
authors.initials: EJ
authors.lastname: Prada
authors.forename: Khodr Haidar
authors.initials: KH
authors.lastname: Hassan
authors.forename: Maria Luisa
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Brandi
authors.forename: Alberto
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Falchetti