Gorham-Stout syndrome

PubMed, the Internet portal of biomedical and life sciences literature, indexed an interesting article, entitled “Radiologic findings in Gorham-Stout syndrome.” (Radiologia. 2006 Jan-Feb;48(1):33-6). Authors are Cano B, Insa S, Cifrian C, et al., from the Servicio de Radiodiagnostico de adultos, Hospital La Fe, Valencia, Espana. Gorham-Stout syndrome, also called “disappearing bone disease” or idiopathic massive osteolysis, is a rare disease of unknown etiology and pathogenesis. It is characterized by rapidly progressive localized massive osteolysis associated to a proliferation of vascular structures of benign origin in which the absence of new bone formation is representative. The authors present two cases of this disease with the characteristic clinical, histological, and imaging findings. To access the full abstract of the article, click here.