Osteopoikilosis: a case report of a symptomatic patient

Authors

  • George Paraskevas
  • Athanasios Raikos
  • Marios Stavrakas
  • Sofia Spanidou
  • Basileios Papaziogas

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3941/jrcr.v3i12.260

Keywords:

osteopoikilosis, severe pain, differential diagnosis

Abstract

Osteopoikilosis (OP) is a very rare benign sclerosing bony dysplasia with an autosomal dominant inheritance. We describe the morphology of an osteopoikilosis male patient, associated with severe pain on wrist and hand joints, report on the relative literature and focus on clinical significance, due to mimicking capability of other more severe conditions such as bone metastases.

Author Biographies

George Paraskevas

Department of Human Anatomy, Medical Faculty, Aristotle Uiversity of Thessaloniki

Lecturer of Anatomy

 

Athanasios Raikos

Research Fellow, Medical School, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece

Basileios Papaziogas

Assistant Professor of Surgery, Medical School, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece
Pictorial review: Imaging features of unusual patterns and complications of hydatid disease by Umar Amin et al.

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Published

2009-11-27

Issue

Vol. 3 No. 12 (2009)

Section

Musculoskeletal Radiology

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