Polyostotic Dysostosis

Polyostotic fibrous dysplasia.

An 18-year-old man was referred to the authors' institution's thoracic cancer specialists for further consultation after abnormal findings were seen on chest radiograph.

Metaphyseal dysostosis.

Metaphysial Dysostosis, Type Schmid.

It is interesting to note the way in which medical knowledge has developed over the years with regard to diseases superficially akin to classical rickets. The first stage followed as a result of the disappearance, owing to the improved knowledge of nutrition, of classical rickets as a common source of bony deformity. This led to the clearer recognition of the remaining 'resistant' forms of rick...

Polyostotic Paget's disease.

Paget's disease of bone is a common metabolic bone disease in most of the European countries. The disease has distinct geographical distribution being rare in Asia. We report Paget's disease in a 70 years old Pakistani male who presented with history of pain in right leg with difficulty in walking for the last 5 months. Plain X-ray raised suspicion of Paget's disease of bone. Technetium-99m MDP...

A Case of Craniocleido-Dysostosis

A Muslim boy of 15 years came in September 1946 for a sinus under his chin of 3 years' duration. He had a carious molar tooth in the lower row, which was responsible for the sinus. The sinus was scraped and the tooth removed. This resulted in closure of sinus within a few days. While he was under treatment for the sinus, it was accidentally revealed that he had no fully developed clavicles and ...