Bilateral Transverse (Bowdler) Fibular Spurs with Hypophosphatasia in an Adolescent Girl.
- Author:
Ismail URAS
1
;
Nurdan URAS
;
Ahmet KARADAG
;
Osman Yuksel YAVUZ
;
Hakan ATALAR
Author Information
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords: Hypophosphatasia; Adolescent; Fibular Bowdler spurs
- MeSH: Adolescent; Bone Diseases/pathology/radiography; Diagnosis, Differential; Female; Fibula/pathology/*radiography; Humans; Hypophosphatasia/pathology/*radiography
- From:Korean Journal of Radiology 2005;6(1):52-54
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
- Abstract: Hypophosphatasia is a clinically heterogeneous inheritable disorder characterized by defective bone mineralization and the deficiency of serum and tissue liver/bone/kidney alkaline phosphatase activities. Due to the mineralization defect of the bones, various skeletal findings can be radiologically observed in hypophosphatasia. Bowing and Bowdler spurs of long bones are the characteristic findings. The Bowdler spurs reported on in the previous pertinent literature were observed in the perinatal aged patients and these lesions have rarely involved adolescents. We herein report on a 14-year-old girl with fibular Bowdler spurs.
