Axial osteomalacia

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Axial osteomalacia
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Axial osteomalacia is inherited in an autosomal dominant manner
Specialty Orthopedic

Axial osteomalacia is a rare osteosclerotic disorder characterized by axial skeleton pain, coarsening of the trabecular bone pattern on radiographs of the axial but not appendicular skeleton. [1]

References

  1. Whyte MP, Fallon MD, Murphy WA, Teitelbaum SL (December 1981). "Axial osteomalacia. Clinical, laboratory and genetic investigation of an affected mother and son". The American Journal of Medicine . 71 (6): 1041–9. doi:10.1016/0002-9343(81)90338-7. PMID   7315848.