Open AccessGORHAM-STOUT SYNDROME: PHANTOM BONE DISEASE
Author(s) -
Gabriel El-Kouba,
Romilton de Araújo Santos,
Paulo César Pilluski,
Antônio Lourenço Severo,
Osvandré Lech
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
revista brasileira de ortopedia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2255-4971
DOI - 10.1016/s2255-4971(15)30313-x
Subject(s) - medicine , etiology , disease , osteolysis , differential diagnosis , dermatology , pediatrics , radiology , pathology
Gorham-Stout syndrome is a disease that presents idiopathic osteolysis of a bone or closely contiguous area. The etiology is unknown. It is a rare condition that is difficult to diagnose, and its treatment is controversial. It affects individuals irrespective of age or sex. In this study, we conducted a bibliographic review of the disease, specifically focusing on the differential diagnosis, and we demonstrated the follow-up on a patient with this syndrome from the time of its diagnosis, through treatment, to its current state of evolution.