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- Overview
- Symptoms
- Treatment
- Prevention
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Fibrous dysplasia is a bone disease that destroys and replaces normal bone with fibrous bone tissue. One or more bones can be affected.
Alternative Names
Inflammatory fibrous hyperplasia; Idiopathic fibrous hyperplasia
Causes, incidence, and risk factors
Fibrous dysplasia occurs in childhood, usually between ages 3 - 15. The condition does not run in families (not hereditary), and the cause is unknown.
Images
Anterior skeletal anatomy
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Fibrous dysplasia Symptoms
Review Date: 11/02/2009
Reviewed By: Neil K. Kaneshiro, MD, MHA, Clinical Assistant Professor of
Pediatrics, University of Washington School of Medicine. Also
reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M., Inc.
A.D.A.M., Inc. is accredited by URAC, also known as the American Accreditation HealthCare Commission (www.urac.org)
