Osteopetrosis, also known as Albers-Schonberg disease, marble bone, osteosclerosis fragilis, or chalk bone, is a rare hereditary, congenital and familial disease, characterized by a marked increase in the radiodensity of the bone and by an
abnormality
in the shape of the long bone, especially the metaphysis.
It may occur in autosomal recessive form with severe, generalized bone changes in the new born infant that result in early death or in a more benign autosomal dominant form with less extensive bone involvement and relatively good prognosis.
We experienced a case of a benign autosomal dominant form of osteopetrosis incidentally and reporting this case with a review of the lieteratures.
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