Medicine:Axial osteosclerosis
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Short description: Bone disorder
| Axial osteosclerosis | |
|---|---|
| Other names | Osteomesopyknosis |
| Specialty | Orthopedics, medical genetics |
Axial osteosclerosis, also known as osteomesopyknosis, is a bone disorder that causes osteosclerosis on the axial spine, pelvis and proximal part of the long bones. It is an autosomal-dominant disease. As of 2024, the exact causes were unknown.[1]
Population estimation
Fewer than 1000 people have this bone disorder in the United States.[1]
Symptoms
This bone disorder can begin to appear in the first years of life, as well as in adulthood.[1] It may present with thoracic pain,[2] kyphosis, scoliosis, vertebral body sclerosis, increased bone density, as well as abnormalities in the cortical bone and vertebrae.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "Osteomesopyknosis – About the Disease – Genetic and Rare Diseases Information Center" (in en). https://rarediseases.info.nih.gov/diseases/391/osteomesopyknosis.
- ↑ Maroteaux, P. (March 1980). "[Osteomesopycnosis. A new autosomal dominant osteosclerosing bone disease (author's transl)]". Archives Françaises de Pédiatrie 37 (3): 153–157. ISSN 0003-9764. PMID 7469692.
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