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MASSIVE OSTEOLYSIS—DISAPPEARING BONES

G. Blundell Jones 1; R. L. Midgley 1; ; and G. Stewart Smith 1

1 The Hawkmoor Chest Hospital, Devon

1. The clinical and pathological features are given of an example of the rare syndrome of progressive and massive osteolysis associated with haemangiomatous changes in the bones affected.

2. Twenty-six cases have been previously reported, but this is only the second from Britain. Only one other patient is considered to have died as a direct result of the disease.




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