Scintigraphic features of Morquio's syndrome: a case report

To the best of our knowledge, we present for the first time the bone scintigraphy findings of a patient with Morquio's syndrome. A 46-year-old Caucasian man with Morquio's syndrome presented with lower back pain six weeks after a left total hip replacement. A whole body bone scan demonstra...

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Veröffentlicht in:Journal of medical case reports 2011-01, Vol.5 (1), p.42-42, Article 42
Hauptverfasser: Kitzing, Bjoern, Allman, Kevin C
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Zusammenfassung:To the best of our knowledge, we present for the first time the bone scintigraphy findings of a patient with Morquio's syndrome. A 46-year-old Caucasian man with Morquio's syndrome presented with lower back pain six weeks after a left total hip replacement. A whole body bone scan demonstrated an anthropomorphic skeletal pattern consistent with a mucopolysaccharide storage disease, thereby showing the cause of the patient's pain. To the best of our knowledge, the bone scintigraphy findings of a case of Morquio's syndrome have never before been published. We present our case report to add to the knowledge we have of this rare disease.
ISSN:1752-1947
1752-1947
DOI:10.1186/1752-1947-5-42