Osteopoikilosis Occurring in the Skull
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A 51-year-old man was referred to our hospital due to ground-glass opacities on a chest computed tomography scan with no symptoms. Video-assisted thoracic surgery revealed adenocarcinoma. Preoperative brain magnetic resonance imaging revealed a low-signal intensity on both T1weighted (Picture 1A) and T2-weighted images (Picture 1B). An X-ray of the skull (Picture 2) and pelvis (Picture 3) revealed multiple sclerotic areas in the bones, and an Ffluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography scan (FDG-PET) was normal. Osteopoikilosis is a rare bone disorder incidentally ob-
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دوره 55 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2016