Gorham-Stout syndrome with cervical involvement treated with radiotherapy: a case report
Jorge Alejandro Torres Ríos,
Mauricio Muleiro Álvarez,
Javier Iván Armenta Moreno
et al.
Abstract:Gorham-Stout disease (GSD), vanishing bone or phantom bone disease, is an uncommon disease whose etiology is uncertain and its pathophysiology poorly understood. This syndrome is characterized by the spontaneous destruction of the bone matrix associated with massive osteolysis and proliferation of lymphatic vascular structures in the affected areas. In the present article we present a case of GSD in a 10-year-old male patient with osteolytic lesions affecting the skull base, including the occipital bone, the p… Show more
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