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

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

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

    Courtney Coursey & Salutario Martinez

  2. Department of Medicine—Endocrinology, Metabolism, and Nutrition, Duke University Medical Center, Box 3470 Med Ctr, Durham, NC, 27710, USA

    Thomas Weber

  3. Department of Pathology, Duke University Medical Center, Box 3712 Med Ctr, Durham, NC, 27710, USA

    Leslie Dodd

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Coursey, C., Weber, T., Dodd, L. et al. Fibrogenesis imperfecta ossium: MR imaging of the axial and appendicular skeleton and correlation with a unique radiographic appearance. Skeletal Radiol 36, 1077–1084 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00256-007-0334-2

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Keywords

  • Osteomalacia
  • Imaging
  • MRI
  • Bone scintigraphy
  • Fibrogenesis imperfecta ossium
  • Insufficiency fractures
  • Monoclonal gammopathy
  • Collagen deficiency