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Pycnodysostosis (from Greek πυκνός (puknos) 'dense' dys- 'defective' and -ostosis 'condition of the bone' [1]) is a lysosomal storage disease of the bone caused by a mutation in the gene that codes the enzyme cathepsin K. [2]
Gorham's disease (pronounced GOR-amz), also known as Gorham vanishing bone disease and phantom bone disease, [1] is a very rare skeletal condition of unknown cause.It is characterized by the uncontrolled proliferation of distended, thin-walled vascular or lymphatic channels within bone, which leads to resorption and replacement of bone with angiomas and/or fibrosis.
Hypertrophic osteoarthropathy is one of many distant effect disorders due to cancer, with lung cancer being the most common cause but also occurring with ovarian or adrenal malignancies. A distant effect disorder, or a paraneoplastic syndrome, affects distant areas and thus is not related to local compression or obstruction effects from the tumor.
Osteosclerosis is a disorder characterized by abnormal hardening of bone and an elevation in bone density. It may predominantly affect the medullary portion and/or cortex of bone.
Women with obesity who have endometrial cancer are also at a greater risk for dying from obesity-driven diseases such as heart disease or type 2 diabetes, according to research.
Skin cancer can absolutely appear in areas of the skin that tend to not get much sun exposure. Acral melanoma, in particular, is a subset of melanoma that grows on the palms and soles. People with ...
Examples of periosteal reactive bone in selected specimens of Triceratops. A periosteal reaction can result from a large number of causes, including injury and chronic irritation due to a medical condition such as hypertrophic osteopathy, bone healing in response to fracture, chronic stress injuries, subperiosteal hematomas, osteomyelitis, and cancer of the bone.
Lydia Choi, MD, a breast surgical oncologist at Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute, says it might help people to think of Stage 0 as a precancer—the abnormal cells can progress to stage 1 and ...