Case Report - Pyknodysostosis

J Clin Diagn Res. 2015 May;9(5):TD09-10. doi: 10.7860/JCDR/2015/11656.5894. Epub 2015 May 1.

Abstract

Pyknodysostosis is an extremely rare lysosomal storage disease of the bone. Osteosclerosis of the skeleton is due to a decrease of the bone turnover. A plethora of clinical and radiological findings are observed. Patients are short statured with acroosteolysis and dense bones and develop multiple spontaneous bone fractures. A female patient presented with frontal bossing, small and thick fingers and toes. The classical clinical and radiological findings confirmed it as pyknodysostosis.

Keywords: Acroosteolysis; Fontanel; Sandal gap deformity.

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