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ea0005p24 | Clinical Case Reports | BES2003

Vanishing bone: Stabilisation of Gorham-Stout disease during antiresorptive therapy

Hammer F , Wesselmann U , Tunkel J , Arlt W , Allolio B

Gorham-Stout disease is a rare, potentially life threatening skeletal disorder of unknown aetiology. It is characterized by local proliferation of abnormal vessels associated with profound osteolysis. Optimum treatment remains to be established. Herein we report the case of a 45-year-old woman who presented with left-sided thoracic pain, which had gradually increased over the last nine months. Physical examination revealed a primary lymphoedema of the left arm, which had devel...