title: Treatment of Ribbing disease with 5-year follow-up and literature review.
abstract: Ribbing disease, or multiple diaphyseal sclerosis, is a rare diaphyseal sclerosis of unknown etiology. Patients with this pathology usually present with asymmetric pain limited to the lower extremities. Though all efforts are made to relieve the progressive pain associated with Ribbing disease, no medical or surgical treatments have been established yet. In this case report, we followed up a Ribbing case with sclerotic bone fenestration for 5 years. The radiological changes and the clinical effects are described, and the different Ribbing treatments are then briefly reviewed.
authors.affiliation: Orthopedic Institute, Department of Orthopedics, The First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, 708 Renmin Rd, Suzhou, Jiangsu, 215007, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: L L
authors.initials: LL
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.affiliation: Orthopedic Institute, Department of Orthopedics, The First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, 708 Renmin Rd, Suzhou, Jiangsu, 215007, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: W M
authors.initials: WM
authors.lastname: Jiang
authors.affiliation: Orthopedic Institute, Department of Orthopedics, The First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, 708 Renmin Rd, Suzhou, Jiangsu, 215007, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: H L
authors.initials: HL
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.affiliation: Orthopedic Institute, Department of Orthopedics, The First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, 708 Renmin Rd, Suzhou, Jiangsu, 215007, People's Republic of China. zongping_luo@yahoo.com.
authors.forename: Z-P
authors.initials: ZP
authors.lastname: Luo
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003966:Camurati-Engelmann Syndrome / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D005269:Femur / Q000601:surgery; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D010017:Osteoma, Osteoid / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D010146:Pain / Q000209:etiology; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D013669:Technetium Tc 99m Medronate; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
chemical_list: D013669:Technetium Tc 99m Medronate
keywords: Bone fenestration; Ribbing disease