Gorham's disease

Gorham's disease
Other namesAcro-osteolysis syndrome, Breschet-Gorham-Stout syndrome,[1] Cystic angiomatosis of bone,[1] Disappearing bone disease, Disseminated lymphangiomatosis, Disseminated osseous bone disease, Essential osteolysis, Gorham-Stout syndrome, Gorham's lymphangiomatosis, Hemangiomata with osteolysis,[1] Idiopathic massive osteolysis, Massive osteolysis,[1] Morbus-Gorham-Stout disease, Osteolysis and angiomatous nevi,[1] Skeletal lymphangiomatosis, Skeletal hemangiomatosis, Thoracic lymphangiomatosis.
Skull x-rays of Gorham's disease
Gorham's disease involving the left parietal bone: X-ray of the skull lateral view (A) showing a osteolytic area in left parietal region. CT scan bony window (B), MRI T1W Axial (C) and T2W Sagittal (D) revealing skull defect with normal brain parenchyma.
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Gorham's disease (pronounced GOR-amz), also known as Gorham vanishing bone disease and phantom bone disease,[1] is a very rare skeletal condition of unknown cause. It is characterized by the uncontrolled proliferation of distended, thin-walled vascular or lymphatic channels within bone, which leads to resorption and replacement of bone with angiomas and/or fibrosis.[2][3]

  1. ^ a b c d e f "Gorham vanishing bone disease information". Disease Database. Retrieved 19 April 2012.
  2. ^ Gorham LW, Stout AP (October 1955). "Massive osteolysis (acute spontaneous absorption of bone, phantom bone, disappearing bone); its relation to hemangiomatosis". J Bone Joint Surg Am. 37-A (5): 985–1004. doi:10.2106/00004623-195537050-00008. PMID 13263344.
  3. ^ Ross JL, Schinella R, Shenkman L (August 1978). "Massive osteolysis. An unusual cause of bone destruction". Am J Med. 65 (2): 367–72. doi:10.1016/0002-9343(78)90834-3. PMID 686022.