fibrous dysplasia

The exact cause of fibrous dysplasia is not known.

It comprises a majority of the cases of fibrous dysplasia.

Fibrous dysplasia is very rare, and there is no known cure.

Fibrous dysplasia is not a form of cancer.

Others have them in many bones (polyostotic fibrous dysplasia).

Fibrous dysplasia causes abnormal growth or swelling of bone.

In most cases, fibrous dysplasia has no symptoms and is only diagnosed by accident during investigations for an unrelated medical problem.

McCune-Albright syndrome includes polyostotic fibrous dysplasia as part of its presentation.

There are two types of fibrous dysplasia:

Many patients have lesions localized in only one bone (monostotic fibrous dysplasia), affecting 70-80%.

A similar but less catastrophic disease is fibrous dysplasia, which is caused by a post-zygotic mutation.

Fibrous dysplasia is characterized by uneven growth, pain, brittleness, and deformity of the affected bones.

Fibrous dysplasia is usually evident during childhood, and the bone lesions usually stop developing at puberty.

Fibrous dysplasia, a disease that causes growths or lesions in one or more bones of the human body.

Fibrous dysplasia of bone may also be an associated abnormality in Neurofibromatosis type II.

Active ossifying fibroma must be separated from fibrous dysplasia, cementoblastoma, and meningioma.

The craniofacial pattern of the disease occurs in 50% of patients with the polyostotic form of fibrous dysplasia.

The terms hip dysplasia and fibrous dysplasia also refer to abnormal development, but at a more macroscopic level.

Levels of the transcription factor C-fos are raised in fibrous dysplasia, leading to gene over-expression and tumour formation.

The most severe form of polyostotic fibrous dysplasia is known as McCune-Albright syndrome.

Massive chondroid differentiation in fibrous dysplasia of bone (fibrocartilaginous dysplasia).

Marlie suffered from polyostotic fibrous dysplasia, a genetic condition in which the bone structure is replaced by connective tissue.

It is not a disease in itself, but a symptom of other diseases, including Paget's disease, fibrous dysplasia, hyperparathyroidism and renal osteodystrophy.

Fibrous dysplasia is an abnormal bone growth where normal bone is replaced with fibrous bone tissue.

In 3% of cases, people suffering from fibrous dysplasia also have endocrine diseases and skin pigmentation; the three together constitute McCune-Albright syndrome.