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[Focal lipodystrophy in the bone marrow].

W Masshoff, K H Täger

    Deutsche Medizinische Wochenschrift (1946)
    |January 17, 1975
    PubMed
    Summary

    A rare bone condition, focal liposystrophy, causes slow bone destruction and formation, primarily affecting bone marrow fat tissue. Its unknown cause mirrors idiopathic changes in fatty tissue elsewhere in the body.

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    [Editorial: Pathology of the so-called idiopathic spontaneous pneumothorax].

    Pathologica·1975

    Area of Science:

    • Orthopedics
    • Pathology
    • Radiology

    Context:

    • A 59-year-old male presented with exercise-induced leg pain.
    • Imaging and biochemical tests were inconclusive for the cause of osteolytic disease.

    Purpose:

    • To describe a novel bone condition characterized by focal fat tissue dystrophy.
    • To investigate the clinical, radiological, and etiological aspects of this rare disease.

    Summary:

    • Slowly progressive, disseminated osteolytic bone disease developed over three years.
    • Bone biopsies revealed dystrophy of univacuolar medullary fat tissue with bone destruction and new formation.
    • The condition, termed focal liposystrophy, affects bone marrow fat and shares similarities with idiopathic extra-osseous fatty tissue changes.

    Impact:

    • Introduces and defines