Rev Fac Cien Med Univ Nac Cordoba
April 2009
The fibrous dysplasia is a benign although progressive dysfunction, in which a gene mutation originates the production of fibrous disorganized bony matrix. The bony tissue is replaced by bony tissue in expansion (amorph conjuntival tissue) that produces bony deformities in some patients, pain, pathological fractures or deambulation disorders. The diagnosis is important since ocasionally the first symptom is the fracture.
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