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Case report of a patient with osteopoikilosis

Authors :
Hatice Gümüş
Mehmet Fatih Inci
Ümit Erkan Vurdem
Rahime Inci
Source :
Rheumatology international. 32(9)
Publication Year :
2011

Abstract

Osteopoikilosis (OPK) is an uncommon osteosclerotic dysplasia. There is no exact evidence of its etiology and pathogenesis. Usually, it is an asymptomatic disease, and the diagnosis is made incidentally from radiographs, which show multiple, small, well-defined, variably shaped and widely distributed sclerotic areas over the skeleton. In this study, we report a 54-year-old man who suffers from back and leg pain and was diagnosed OPK by radiologically and review literature.

Details

ISSN :
1437160X
Volume :
32
Issue :
9
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
Rheumatology international
Accession number :
edsair.doi.dedup.....86b0cf9ea4d63e3676479481a9cdc3b7