Diseases

Fibrous Dysplasia of Bone

A disease of bone marked by thinning of the cortex by fibrous tissue containing bony spicules, producing pain, disability, and gradually increasing deformity. Only one bone may be involved (FIBROUS DYSPLASIA, MONOSTOTIC) or several (FIBROUS DYSPLASIA, POLYOSTOTIC).

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Abstract

A disease of bone marked by thinning of the cortex by fibrous tissue containing bony spicules, producing pain, disability, and gradually increasing deformity. Only one bone may be involved (FIBROUS DYSPLASIA, MONOSTOTIC) or several (FIBROUS DYSPLASIA, POLYOSTOTIC).

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Synonyms

11 entry terms
  • Jaffe-Lichtenstein Disease
  • Osteitis Fibrosa Disseminata
  • Bone Fibrous Dysplasia
  • Bone Fibrous Dysplasias
  • Jaffe Lichtenstein Disease
  • Fibrocartilaginous Dysplasia of Bone
  • Fibrocystic Dysplasia of Bone
  • Bone Fibrocartilaginous Dysplasia
  • Bone Fibrocartilaginous Dysplasias
  • Bone Fibrocystic Dysplasia
  • Bone Fibrocystic Dysplasias

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35 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.

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Indexing Annotation

PERIAPICAL FIBROUS DYSPLASIA see CEMENTOMA is also available

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History Note

67; was FIBROUS DYSPLASIA 1963-66 (Prov); ALBRIGHT'S DISEASE & JAFFE-LICHTENSTEIN DISEASE were see under OSTEITIS FIBROSA 1963-66

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Fibrous Dysplasia of Bone. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D005357. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D005357
  2. Fibrous Dysplasia of Bone. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fibrous_dysplasia_of_bone
  3. Fibrous Dysplasia of Bone. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1410864