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Gorham disease

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Also called disappearing bone disease.

Extensive loss of calcium from a single bone so that it cannot be seen on x-ray.

Any bone can be involved but the upper arm, shoulder, and jaw are most frequent.

This type of selective decalcification is sometimes associated with the presence of an hemangioma, a knot of distended blood vessels.

The synonyms for this condition include invisible bone disease, vanishing bone disease, phantom bone disease and massive osteolysis

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