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01-01-2011 | Case report
Mazabraud syndrome associated with McCune–Albright syndrome
Authors:
Yasuyuki Kitagawa, Yoko Ishihara, Mikihiko Hayashi, Yong Kim, Nobuhito Fujii, Hiromoto Ito
Published in:
Journal of Orthopaedic Science
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Issue 1/2011
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Excerpt
Mazabraud syndrome (MS) is characterized by the combination of skeletal fibrous dysplasia (FD) and intramuscular myxoma(s) [
1]. It is a rare syndrome. To the best of our knowledge, 80 cases of MS have been reported since the first description by Henschen in 1926 [
2‐
5]. MS is frequently associated with McCune–Albright syndrome (MAS). MAS is a rare syndrome whose triad of characteristics is polyostotic FD, café-au-lait spots, and endocrine dysfunction [
6]. Twenty-six cases of MS associated with MAS have been reported [
3,
4]. Nine of these cases possessed the triad of characteristics. MS is also reported to be associated with some tumors such as osteosarcoma, breast fibrosarcoma, lipoma, ovarian tumors, and uterine tumors [
3,
5]. However, to the best of our knowledge, there have been no reports on the association of MS and hemangioma. We report a case of MS associated with MAS demonstrating the triad of characteristics and hemangioma. …