Fibrous Dysplasia

New fibrous dysplasia study findings recently were published by researchers at University of Wisconsin

Published in Hospital Business Week, February 17th, 2008

"CONTEXT: Multiple lytic lesions of the spine usually represent metastatic or infectious disease processes. To describe an extremely rare presentation of an uncommon disease process," scientists in the United States report.

"Case report/university hospital. We describe the management of a patient who presented with a pathological fracture of C3 and multiple lytic lesions of the cervical spine. After reconstructive surgery, the final pathological diagnosis was fibrous dysplasia. Fibrous dysplasia is rarely seen in the cervical spine and may mimic other pathological processes," wrote J.E. Medow and colleagues, University of Wisconsin.

The researchers...

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Source: Hospital Business Week (2008-02-17)

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