An area of fibrous dysplasia of bone may undergo rapid enlargement which may be due to either cystic degeneration or malignant transformation. These.
CYSTIC
DEGENERATION
OF
MASQUERADING A.
H.
R. W.
SIMPSON,
An area degeneration indistinguishable
D.
the Nuffield
M.
DYSPLASIA
SARCOMA
WILLIAMSON,
Orthopaedic
D.
Centre,
J. WILSON,
in one of our cases
and was the only
imaging
J. S. SPIVEY
Oxford
of fibrous dysplasia of bone may undergo rapid enlargement or malignant transformation. These complications may and, unless both are borne in mind, incorrect management
was used
imaging
AS
T. S. CREASY,
From
FIBROUS
modality
which may be due to either cystic be clinically and radiologically may follow. Magnetic resonance
to demonstrate
the true nature
of the
condition. Fibrous
dysplasia
separate
entity
of
and
endocrine ment in
form
may
be
is often
rent
been
Malignant complication
with
and syndrome
precocious (1937).
to
change both
in
forms. Schwartz literature, found fibrous dysplasia,