dictionary help| diaphysial dysplasia | medical dictionary |
Progressive, symmetrical fusiform enlargement of the shafts of long bones characterised by the formation of excessive new periosteal and endosteal bone and irregular conversion of this cortical bone into cancellous bone; anaemia does not occur as a rule, as in osteopetrosis.
Synonyms: Engelmann's disease.
(05 Mar 2000)
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