Fibrous dysplasia of bone frequently involves the anterior base of the cranium and results in encasement of the optic-nerve canals. It has been assumed that such encasement leads to constriction and ...

SAN FRANCISCO — The presence of fibrous dysplasia alone, without associated visual loss, is not sufficient to warrant prophylactic decompression of the optic nerve, surgeons here advise. Janice S. Lee ...

Panel A shows the changes in the levels of the bone-formation marker procollagen type 1 N-terminal propeptide (P1NP) and the levels of the bone-resorption marker C-terminal telopeptide (CTX) in each ...

Question: I have been diagnosed with fibrous dysplasia in my left fibula. I have been to two surgeons who have both recommended surgery to remove the abnormal bone and replace it with bone grafts. I ...

To present the clinical features and management outcomes in a large longitudinal series of patients with craniofacial fibrous dysplasia (CFD). A total of 42 patients with CFD were identified. The mean ...

Ido Simyoni has fibrous dysplasia and benign tumors grow into his skull. A doctor performed 2 surgeries to reduce infection and reconstruct his forehead. When Ido Simyoni was 15, doctors diagnosed him ...

A clinical trial at the National Institutes of Health found that a medication, denosumab, significantly reduced abnormal bone turnover in adults with fibrous dysplasia, a rare disease marked by weak ...

The medical term leontiasis ossea was first used by ancient Greek physician Rufus of Ephesus to describe bone changes caused by disease that made the sufferer appear to have a lion-like face. Although ...

MOORESVILLE, N.C. — A Mooresville family is rallying behind their son and the community they have discovered after his diagnosis with a rare bone disease. Cash Thomas was diagnosed with Craniofacial ...