Skeletal angiomatosis in association with gastro-intestinal angiodysplasia and paraproteinemia: A case report

Arai Y, Takahashi M and Kurosawa H
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, School of Medicine, Juntendo University, Japan

Shitoto K
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Urayasu Hospital, Juntendo University, Japan

Skeletal-extraskeletal angiomatosis is defined as a benign vascular proliferation involving the medullary cavity of bone and at least one other type of tissue. It has also been known as cystic angiomatosis in which multiple cystic lesions are scattered diffusely throughout the skeleton often with similar angiomatous changes in other tissues, usually the spleen.

A case of skeletal angiomatosis in association with gastro-intestinal angiodysplasia and paraproteinemia is reported.

Keywords: skeletal angiomatosis; paraproteinemia; bone tumour

 
Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery 2002, 10(1):85–8
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last updated 1 Dec, 2002