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. 2010 Sep 11;6(1):85–89. doi: 10.1007/s11552-010-9292-6

Table 1.

Previous cases reported in the international literature with hand and wrist involvement by Gorham’s disease

Author Description Treatment
Tunon and Gonzalez [34] 24-year-old man with angiomatosis of the right hand and complete destruction of the second, third, and fourth metacarpals The affected metacarpals with the distal row of the carpus were extirpated, and the remaining defect was filled with a bone graft taken from the iliac crest
Carneiro and Steglich [2] 13-year-old girl with extensive metacarpal bone osteolysis of the right hand Corticocancellous bone grafting (failed) radiation therapy
Dickson et al. [6] 13-year-old girl with extensive metacarpal bone osteolysis of the right hand Corticocancellous bone grafting (failed) radiation therapy
Lehnhardt et al. [27] 30-year-old woman with osteolysis of the right hand Radiotherapy and repeated bone grafting of the third, fourth, and fifth metacarpals
Chalidis and Dimitriou [3] 31-year-old, left-handed woman 10 mg alendronate sodium
Multicentric and massive bilateral hand osteolysis. Staged intercalary iliac bone grafting of the phalanges of the dominant thumb and index finger