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Clinical presentation:
Adult patient, no clinical detail. Often presents with bone pain or abdominal pain, bowel disorder or renal calculi.

There is a well defined lytic lesion of the middle metacarpal with some expansion. There is a more subtle, expanded lytic lesion at the base of the fifth metacarpal and a small multiloculate lesion in the head of the metacarpalof the ring finger. These lytic areas have a well-defined endosteal margin with a narrow zone of transition between normal and abnormal bone. The phalanges are asymmetrical with bone loss on the radial side. There is acro-osteolysis with some absorption of terminal phalangeal tufts. Sub-periosteal bone resorption is visible on the radial side of the middle phalanges of middle and ring fingers. A small sub-periosteal cyst is on the radial side of the proximal phalanx of the middle finger.

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cases that might resemble this pathology

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[View large image] Tuberculosis. (case report) [View large image] Haemangioma (case report)
[View large image] Inclusion dermoid. (case report) Histiocytosis X, Lytic metastasis and myelomatosis are not common in the hands, but are listed, for completeness.
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IDM May 2007