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01-01-2013 | Case Report

Angiomatosis of the thoracic wall

Authors: Jelena Stojsic, Jelena Markovic, Dragan Subotic, Milica Kontic, Jelica Jovanovic

Published in: Journal of Orthopaedic Science | Issue 1/2013

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Angiomatosis is an extremely rare disease characterized by benign thin-walled blood vessel proliferation with asymptomatic bone destruction. This type of blood vessels proliferation with bone destruction is well known as massive osteolysis or Gorham’s disease [1, 2]. It is progressive osteolysis affecting mostly the mandible, humerus or femur. Osteolysis is usually a monostotic process. The skull is less frequently involved. Gorham’s disease becomes symptomatic in childhood or adolescence. About 200 patients with this proliferation had been described by the end of 2008 [3‐5]. …

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Title: Angiomatosis of the thoracic wall
Authors: Jelena Stojsic
Jelena Markovic
Dragan Subotic
Milica Kontic
Jelica Jovanovic
Publication date: 01-01-2013
Publisher: Springer Japan
Published in: Journal of Orthopaedic Science / Issue 1/2013
Print ISSN: 0949-2658
Electronic ISSN: 1436-2023
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00776-011-0129-0

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