Article
[Malignant infantile osteopetrosis: Case report of a 5-month-old boy].
Archives de pediatrie : organe officiel de la Societe francaise de pediatrie - 1 Apr 2016
Ledemazel J, Plantaz D, Pagnier A, Girard P, Lasfargue M, Hullo E, Dietrich K, Collet C, Moshous D
Abstract excerpt
Malignant infantile osteopetrosis is a rare congenital disease characterized by a dysfunction of osteoclasts followed by an abnormal bone densification. We report the case of a 5-month-old infant in whom this disease was suspected because of the clinical (hepatosplenomegaly, gingival hypertrophy), hematological (pancytopenia and hypocalcemia), and radiological criteria (abnormal bone density, periosteal...
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