Osteopoikilosis in a Family

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Osteopoikilosis is a rare bone disease, and was first described by Albers-Schoenberg in 1915. Since that time, over handred cases in the world and about ten cases in our country have been reported. It has no practical significance, and has been discovered by roentgenologic examination for coincidental disease. In the roentgenolograms, numerous small islands of compacta are scattered throughout the spongiosa of the carpal bones, the tarsal bones, the short and long tubular bones and pelvis. Recently, we have encountered a case of this disease, who is a man of twenty years old. Therefore we examined his pedigree to find out the other patients of this disease and the examination gave 4 other cases. It is suggested that this disease is of a simple dominant mode of inheritance.
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