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Cough for a month. Infection? No history of malignancy.
Patient Data
Age: 55 years
Gender: Male
From the case:
Osteopetrosis
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The whole of the visualized bony skeleton is sclerotic. The bones are diffusely thickened.
Heart size normal.
Lungs clear.
Normal mediastinal contours.
Case Discussion
A striking chest radiograph.
On initial inspection, one may consider the far commoner cause for diffusely sclerotic bones in an older male patient - bony metastatic disease from prostate carcinoma. However, notice the thickness of the ribs and clavicles.
The GP revealed a known history of osteopetrosis (marble bone disease)
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