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01-01-2004 | Review Article

Fibrous dysplasia with cartilaginous differentiation (“fibrocartilaginous dysplasia”): a review, with an illustrative case followed for 18 years

Authors: Michael Kyriakos, Douglas J. McDonald, Murali Sundaram

Published in: Skeletal Radiology | Issue 1/2004

Abstract

A 21-year-old man with an 18-year history of progressive, and deforming, monomelic fibrous dysplasia with massive cartilaginous differentiation (fibrocartilaginous dysplasia) is described. A review is made of all prior reported examples of this entity in the English language medical literature. The radiologic and histologic differential diagnoses are described, distinguishing the lesion from chondrosarcoma and from fibrocartilaginous mesenchymoma.

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Title: Fibrous dysplasia with cartilaginous differentiation (“fibrocartilaginous dysplasia”): a review, with an illustrative case followed for 18 years
Authors: Michael Kyriakos
Douglas J. McDonald
Murali Sundaram
Publication date: 01-01-2004
Publisher: Springer-Verlag
Published in: Skeletal Radiology / Issue 1/2004
Print ISSN: 0364-2348
Electronic ISSN: 1432-2161
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00256-003-0718-x

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