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ArticleSkeletal radiology2019

Osteoma-like melorheostosis: a rare type of skeletal dysplasia depicted on FDG PET/CT.

Alain S Abi-Ghanem, Karl Asmar, Fouad Boulos, Samar Muwakkit

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Article in Skeletal radiology, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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Authors and funding

4 authors.

Alain S Abi-GhanemDepartment of Radiology, American University of Beirut Medical Center, Riad El-Solh, PO Box 11-0236, Beirut, 1107 2020, Lebanon. aa277@aub.edu.lb.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9004-807X
Karl AsmarDepartment of Radiology, American University of Beirut Medical Center, Riad El-Solh, PO Box 11-0236, Beirut, 1107 2020, Lebanon.
Fouad BoulosDepartment of Pathology, American University of Beirut Medical Center, Riad El-Solh, PO Box 11-0236, Beirut, 1107 2020, Lebanon.
Samar MuwakkitDepartment of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, American University of Beirut Medical Center, Riad El-Solh, PO Box 11-0236, Beirut, 1107 2020, Lebanon.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Melorheostosis, also known as Leri's disease, is a rare benign form of mesodermal mixed sclerosing bone dysplasia. We report the unusual case of a 14-year-old boy with melorheostosis in the lower extremity that went undiagnosed due to concurrent Ewing sarcoma in the opposite limb, confounding the findings for metastatic disease. The diagnosis was made on FDG PET/CT when the patient presented for post Ewing sarcoma treatment follow-up. The different types of melorheostosis as well as the challenge of diagnosing this rare entity are discussed in this report.

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TibiaAdolescentBone Diseases, DevelopmentalHumansMaleMelorheostosisPositron Emission Tomography Computed TomographyBone dysplasiaFDG PET/CTMelorheostosisSclerotome

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PMID30680447

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