Abstract
Gorham disease is a so-called massive idiopathic osteolysis or vanishing bone disorder. Massive osteolysis remains an enigmatic condition that involves various skeletal locations and is caused by endothelial proliferation. The diagnosis is difficult and is established via the association of clinical, radiologic and histologic pictures. Treatment modalities yield variable results. We report a case of vanishing bone in the elbow joint and carpal bones following trauma. This 13-year-old boy complained of severe restricted motion and deformity of the right elbow. We managed the problem using arthroplasty with close-wedge osteotomy on the lateral condyle of the humerus.
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