Case report: Progressive vertebral collapse in diffuse angiomatosis
JWR Young, M Galbraith, J Cunningham… - Metabolic Bone Disease …, 1983 - Elsevier
A case of vanishing bone disease is presented, with radiologic, endoscopic, and
peritoneoscopic evidence of angiomatous involvement of the bones, surrounding soft
tissues, and gastrointestinal tract. The diagnosis was made by a combination of radiologic
techniques and endoscopy. Areas of absent bone were shown to opacify after intralymphatic
injections of contrast material, providing in vivo demonstrations that these areas of vanishing
bone are occupied by abnormal lymphatics. The etiology remains obscure, but our review of …
peritoneoscopic evidence of angiomatous involvement of the bones, surrounding soft
tissues, and gastrointestinal tract. The diagnosis was made by a combination of radiologic
techniques and endoscopy. Areas of absent bone were shown to opacify after intralymphatic
injections of contrast material, providing in vivo demonstrations that these areas of vanishing
bone are occupied by abnormal lymphatics. The etiology remains obscure, but our review of …