Abstract
Introduction
Osteopoikilosis is a rare and asymptomatic disease of the bone that is often discovered incidentally on radiography. On a plain radiograph it is manifested by multiple, small, circular or oval shaped radio-dense lesions which are diagnostic for this condition and are often mistaken for metastatic disease.
Materials and methods
We present the case of a 24-year-old female patient with osteopoikilosis diagnosed incidentally on radiographs.
Conclusion
Osteopoikilosis is a benign sclerosing dysplasia of bone of unknown aetiology that requires no specific treatment.
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Ellanti, P., Clarke, B. & Gray, J. Osteopoikilosis. Ir J Med Sci 179, 615–616 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11845-010-0595-y
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