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. 1997 Dec;21(5):303–307. doi: 10.1007/s002640050173

Pathology of disappearing bone disease: a case report with immunohistochemical study

U E Pazzaglia 1, L Andrini 1, M Bonato 2, M Leutner 2
PMCID: PMC3617801  PMID: 9476159

Summary.

A case of disappearing bone disease of the proximal femur is reported with histopathological and immunohistochemical studies. There was a densely packed cellular tissue, positive to endothelial antibodies, in areas of massive bone destruction. A more differentiated vascular tissue was present where trabecular cancellous or cortical bone was preserved with only focal zones of accelerated bone remodelling. The self-limited course correlates well with two phases of evolution of the histopathological lesions with neoplastic-like proliferation of endothelial cells corresponding to the rapid and massive bone destruction, and a later differentiation of the cells in mature vascular structures, but still with accelerated bone resorption which is partly compensated by appositional activity.

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Accepted: 1 February 1997


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