Gorham Stout syndrome (disappearing bone disease): two additional case reports and a review of the literature

Arch Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2003 Dec;129(12):1340-3. doi: 10.1001/archotol.129.12.1340.

Abstract

Gorham-Stout syndrome, or disappearing bone disease, is characterized by the proliferation of thin-walled vascular channels associated with regional osteolysis. There have been fewer than 150 cases reported in the literature. In this clinical report, we describe 2 additional cases of Gorham-Stout syndrome affecting the maxillofacial skeleton. We provide a review of the clinical diagnosis of this syndrome and describe treatment options.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Biopsy
  • Cause of Death
  • Chylothorax / etiology
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation / etiology
  • Fatal Outcome
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Infant, Newborn
  • Lymphangioma / congenital
  • Lymphangioma / diagnosis*
  • Lymphangioma / epidemiology
  • Lymphangioma / surgery
  • Lymphography
  • Mandibular Neoplasms / congenital
  • Mandibular Neoplasms / diagnosis*
  • Mandibular Neoplasms / epidemiology
  • Mandibular Neoplasms / surgery
  • Osteolysis, Essential / congenital
  • Osteolysis, Essential / diagnosis*
  • Osteolysis, Essential / epidemiology
  • Osteolysis, Essential / surgery
  • Radiotherapy, Adjuvant
  • Risk Factors
  • Skull Neoplasms / congenital
  • Skull Neoplasms / diagnosis*
  • Skull Neoplasms / epidemiology
  • Skull Neoplasms / surgery
  • Syndrome
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed
  • Treatment Outcome