Asian Spine Journal  2013;7(3):242-247

doi:10.4184/asj.2013.7.3.242

Gorham's Disease of Spine.

Vijay SEKHARAPPA 1 ; Justin AROCKIARAJ ; Rohit AMRITANAND ; Venkatesh KRISHNAN ; Kenny Samuel DAVID ; Sundararaj Gabriel DAVID

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Keywords

Gorham's disease; Spine

Country

Republic of Korea

Language

English

Abstract

Gorham's disease is a rare disorder characterized by clinical and radiological disappearance of bone by proliferation of non-neoplastic vascular tissue. The disease was first reported by Jackson in 1838 in a boneless arm. The disease was then described in detail in 1955 by Gorham and Stout. Since then, about 200 cases have been reported in the literature, with only about 28 cases involving the spine. We report 2 cases of Gorham's disease involving the spine and review related literature to gain more understanding about this rare disease.