Name
MARBLE BONE DISEASE
DESCRIPTION
DETAIL
OTHER TESTS : * S. CALCIUM & SERUM PHOSPHORUS - NORMAL * SERUM ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE - HIGH * X-RAYS OF LONG BONES - UNIFORMALY DENSE, SCLEROTIC BONE, OFTEN WITH NO DISTINCTION BETWEEN THE CORTICAL & CANCELLOUS BONE. METAPHYSES HAVE CHARACTERISTIC CLUBBED OR SPLAYED APPEARANCE. ALTERNATING HORIZONTAL BANDS OF INCREASED & DECREASED DENSITY IN LONG BONES & VERTEBRAE SUGGEST THE DEFECT IS INTERMITTENT DURING PERIODS OF GROWTH. SKULL, PELVIS, RIBS & OTHER BONES MAY BE INVOLVED.
TYPENOTES
RELATED DISEASE
Not Available Disease
DISEASE
INVESTIGATION
SERUM ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE, SERUM CALCIUM, COMPLETE BLOOD COUNT, SERUM PHOSPHORUS, X-RAY