mar·ble bone disease (mär b l)n. See osteopetrosis. |
marble bone disease
see osteopetrosis.
marble bone disease
Albers-Schönberg disease, malignant osteopetrosis An AR form of early onset osteopetrosis with FTT, bone fragility, multiple Fx, osteomyelitis and other infections, proptosis, blindness, deafness and hydrocephalus due
to bony overgrowth of cranial foramina; replacement of BM evokes extramedullary hematopoiesis in liver and spleen, hepatosplenomegaly Lab ↑ acid and alk phosphatases, ↓ Ca2+, pancytopenia, defective T cell functions. See Osteopetrosis.
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