Monostotic Fibrous Dysplasia of the Rib: A Case Report

Fibrous dysplasia is a noninherited bone disease in which abnormal differentiation of osteoblasts leads to replacement of normal marrow and cancellous bone by immature bone with fibrous stroma. Monostotic fibrous dysplasia accounts for 28% in the ribs. It is often asymptomatic and incidentally detec...

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Main Authors: Asha Mahadevappa, Sapna Patel, Sunila Ravishankar, Gubbanna V. Manjunath
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2012-01-01
Series:Case Reports in Orthopedics
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/690914