A five yr old girl is brought to a pediatrician because she is developing breasts. Physical examination shows large hyperpigmented macules with irregular margins on one side of her back. Which of the following bony abnormalities would most be likely associated with these symptoms?
a) A combination of osteitis fibrosa cystica and osteomalacia
b) A generalized thinning of bony spicules.
c) Excessive bony deposition with obliteration of marrow
d) Formation of new bone beneath the periosteum of phalanges
e) Multiple localized whorls of connective tissue
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05/16/08 - 08:20 AM
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D?
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05/16/08 - 08:47 AM
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E. I forget the name of syndrome, but hyperpigmented macules calls "Coast of Maine"
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05/16/08 - 09:26 AM
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McCune Albright syndrome--------->Triad of polyostotic fibrous dysplasia, café au lait skin pigmentation(Coast of Maine), and autonomous endocrine hyperfunction
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Aashi wrote: McCune Albright syndrome--------->Triad of polyostotic fibrous dysplasia, café au lait skin pigmentation(Coast of Maine), and autonomous endocrine hyperfunction
What I'm getting here is that the "coast of maine" cafe au lait lesions are the macules in the question. So what's the answer? a? because of the polyostotic dysplasia?
