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 ...

Typical features of growth hormone excess include coarsened facies, cardiovascular disease, and overgrowth of the hands and feet. A classic radiographic finding is distal tufting of the phalanges. 4 ...

Bone tumours represent a diverse group of neoplasms that pose significant diagnostic and therapeutic challenges. Adamantinoma—a rare, low-grade malignant tumour—typically arises in the tibia and is ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

CHICOPEE, Mass. (WWLP) – It is only through surgery that an 11-year-old girl with a rare disease will be able to see clearly again. Sophia Demers from Chicopee has suffered from Fibrous Dysplasia ...