Abstract
Gorham's disease, or vanishing bone disease, is a rare disorder without known aetiology that is characterised by osteolysis and microscopically by proliferation of abnormal vessels. 1 Gorham LW Wright AW Shultz HH Maxon FC Disappearing bones: a rare form of massive osteolysis. Am J Med. 1954; 17: 674-682 Summary Full Text PDF PubMed Scopus (183) Google Scholar If the cervical spine is involved the disease is often lethal; 2 Drewry GR Sutterlin CE Martinez CR Brantley GR Gorham disease of the spine. Spine. 1994; 19: 2213-2222 Crossref PubMed Scopus (34) Google Scholar another bad prognostic sign is the occurrence of chylothorax due to pleural involvement. 3 Dickson GR Hamilton A Hayes D Carr KE Davis R Mollan RAB An investigation of vanishing bone disease. Bone. 1990; 11: 205-210 Summary Full Text PDF PubMed Scopus (56) Google Scholar Besides radiotherapy, 4 Choma ND Biscotti CV Bauer TW Mehta AC Licata AA Gorham's syndrome: a case report and review of the literature. Am J Med. 1987; 83: 1151-1156 Summary Full Text PDF PubMed Scopus (128) Google Scholar there is no effective treatment for this disorder. We report a 19-year-old man with Gorham's disease who was admitted to our department in April, 1995, because of discomfort from his neck and left shoulder.
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