GORHAM-STOUT MASSIVE OSTEOLYSIS - A CASE- REPORT

One case of massive osteolysis Gorham-Stout is presented. Idiopathic o steolysis is a rare disease. The coincidental radiological diagnosis f ollowing minor trauma or a few months' history of mild pain involving joints is characteristic. The disease process has a sudden onset. Bone s undergo partial or complete resorption, which may spread across join ts to contiguous bones. The osteolytic process eventually ceases spont aneously, but generally not before severe deformation and destruction of bone has occurred. Usually radiotherapy is not successful and is fo llowed by local resection of the osteolytic process. Based on our pres ented case, we suggest early operative treatment to prevent severe dam age.