Abstract

CRUZ FERRETY, Elizabeth; RODRIGUEZ INFANZON, Olga Lidia  and  RODRIGUEZ RODRIGUEZ, Ana Laura. Fibrous Dysplasia. Case Report. ccm [online]. 2019, vol.23, n.1, pp.305-313. ISSN 1560-4381.

Fibrous Dysplasia is a rare benign pathology, generally asymptomatic, which affects bone tissue. Aesthetic and functional alterations may occur due to bone tissue gradual replacement by amorphous on connective tissue.

This article describes a bibliographical revision on Fibrous Dysplasia, together with a clinical case of a 56 year-old white male patient; who attended Imagenology Service of Vladimir Ilich Lenin Hospital form Holguín, Cuba. The patient was suffering from headache and visual blurring for a long time, and he was previously assisted at the Ophthalmology consulting room. In this case, we offer an imagenological sequence to establish Monostotic Fibrous Dysplasia diagnose and the basic principles of management of patients who suffer from this disease.

Keywords : fibrous dysplasia; craniofacial anomalies; monostotic.

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