Fibrogenesis imperfecta ossium: MR imaging of the axial and appendicular skeleton and correlation with a unique radiographic appearance

Courtney Coursey; Thomas Weber; Leslie Dodd; Salutario Martinez

doi:10.1007/s00256-007-0334-2

Fibrogenesis imperfecta ossium: MR imaging of the axial and appendicular skeleton and correlation with a unique radiographic appearance

Skeletal Radiol. 2007 Nov;36(11):1077-84. doi: 10.1007/s00256-007-0334-2. Epub 2007 Jul 6.

Authors

Courtney Coursey¹, Thomas Weber, Leslie Dodd, Salutario Martinez

Affiliation

¹ Department of Radiology, Duke University Medical Center, Box 3808 Med Ctr, Durham, NC 27710, USA.

PMID: 17618434
DOI: 10.1007/s00256-007-0334-2

Abstract

We describe a distinctly unusual MR appearance of the cancellous bone never before described in a patient with biopsy-proven fibrogenesis imperfecta ossium.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Bone Density / physiology
Bone Matrix / diagnostic imaging
Bone Matrix / pathology
Collagen Diseases / diagnosis*
Collagen Diseases / diagnostic imaging
Epiphyses / diagnostic imaging
Epiphyses / pathology
Fractures, Bone / diagnosis
Fractures, Bone / diagnostic imaging
Humans
Magnetic Resonance Imaging*
Male
Middle Aged
Osteomalacia / diagnosis*
Osteomalacia / diagnostic imaging
Radiography
Radiopharmaceuticals
Technetium Tc 99m Medronate
Whole Body Imaging

Substances

Radiopharmaceuticals
Technetium Tc 99m Medronate