A Case Report of Malignant Infantile Osteopetrosis

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: Infantile osteopetrosis is a rare genetic fetal and metabolic congenital osteo- disorder. It results from dysfunction or lack of osteoclasts. Most of patients die from anemia, bleeding and infection. The present article is a case report of malignant infantile osteopetrosis...

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Autor principal:	Khorashadizadeh F, Bayani Gh, Soltani Z
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Publicado:	Babol University of Medical Sciences 2011
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:eac9990047ce4ad1ac0689e3b77010552021-11-10T08:56:49ZA Case Report of Malignant Infantile Osteopetrosis1561-41072251-7170https://doaj.org/article/eac9990047ce4ad1ac0689e3b77010552011-09-01T00:00:00Zhttp://jbums.org/article-1-3878-en.htmlhttps://doaj.org/toc/1561-4107https://doaj.org/toc/2251-7170BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: Infantile osteopetrosis is a rare genetic fetal and metabolic congenital osteo- disorder. It results from dysfunction or lack of osteoclasts. Most of patients die from anemia, bleeding and infection. The present article is a case report of malignant infantile osteopetrosis that occurred first time in Bojnord, Iran. The aim of this report is to clarify clinical manifestation of osteopetrosis, and can be helpful to diagnosis rapidly and manage sufficiently in future.CASE: A 2-month female baby with infantile osteopetrosis was referred with growth retardation, severe abdominal distention, petitia and purport. Osteopetrosis was confirmed with clinical and paraclinical examinations. She was treated with blood and PLT transfusion and discharged in good general condition.CONCLUSION: The results of this study showed that early detection and interventions can decrease mortality and morbidity in infantile osteopetrosis.Khorashadizadeh F, Bayani Gh, Soltani ZBabol University of Medical Sciencesarticlemalignant infantile osteopetrosiscase reportMedicineRMedicine (General)R5-920ENFAMajallah-i Dānishgāh-i ̒Ulūm-i Pizishkī-i Bābul, Vol 13, Iss 5, Pp 78-82 (2011)
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description	BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: Infantile osteopetrosis is a rare genetic fetal and metabolic congenital osteo- disorder. It results from dysfunction or lack of osteoclasts. Most of patients die from anemia, bleeding and infection. The present article is a case report of malignant infantile osteopetrosis that occurred first time in Bojnord, Iran. The aim of this report is to clarify clinical manifestation of osteopetrosis, and can be helpful to diagnosis rapidly and manage sufficiently in future.CASE: A 2-month female baby with infantile osteopetrosis was referred with growth retardation, severe abdominal distention, petitia and purport. Osteopetrosis was confirmed with clinical and paraclinical examinations. She was treated with blood and PLT transfusion and discharged in good general condition.CONCLUSION: The results of this study showed that early detection and interventions can decrease mortality and morbidity in infantile osteopetrosis.
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title	A Case Report of Malignant Infantile Osteopetrosis
title_short	A Case Report of Malignant Infantile Osteopetrosis
title_full	A Case Report of Malignant Infantile Osteopetrosis
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A Case Report of Malignant Infantile Osteopetrosis

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