Reversal of skeletal radiographic pathology in a case of malignant infantile osteopetrosis following hematopoietic stem cell transplantation

Reversal of skeletal radiographic pathology in a case of malignant infantile osteopetrosis following hematopoietic stem cell transplantation

Malignant infantile autosomal recessive osteopetrosis (ARO) is rare hereditable skeletal dysplasia characterized by a generalized osteosclerosis. ARO usually runs a fatal course in early childhood if untreated. Serious complications can arise from bone marrow suppression and pancytopenia. Hematopoie...

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Main Authors: Tamer Ahmed EL-Sobky, Alaa El-Haddad, Ezzat Elsobky, Solaf M. Elsayed, Hossam Moussa Sakr
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2017-03-01
Series:The Egyptian Journal of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine
Subjects:
Malignant autosomal recessive osteopetrosis
Pediatric bone imaging
Hematopoietic stem cell transplantation
Genetic osteosclerosing dysplasias
Marble bone disease
Resolution
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0378603X1630242X

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