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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...