See Also: gorham's vanishing bone disease(medicine)
Gorham's disease(medicine)
Big bone disease(health)
Recklinghausen's disease of bone(medicine)
disappearing bone disease(medicine)
Brittle bone disease(health)
Paget disease of bone(encyclopedia)
marble bone disease(medicine)
Gorham, Lemuel(medicine)
Herbal medicine (botanical medicine, herbology, phytomedicine)(health)

gorham's vanishing bone disease (medicine)


gorham's vanishing bone disease
<radiology> Massive osteolysis of Gorham, painless, occurs in kids and young adults, not life-threatening unless vital structures are encroached upon, some recover spontaneously, with or without residual deformity, complete destruction of part or all of bone by angiomatous tissue, usually unifocal, affects proximal skeleton, may spread into soft tissues and adjacent bones Cf: other syndromes of spontaneous osteolysis