Can fibrous dysplasia be removed?
Surgery may involve removing the bone lesion and replacing it with a bone graft: bone from another part of your body, bone tissue from a donor or a synthetic material. In some cases a fibrous dysplasia lesion may develop again.
Is fibrous dysplasia serious?
Complications. Severe fibrous dysplasia can cause: Bone deformity or fracture. The weakened area of an affected bone can cause the bone to bend.
Can fibrous dysplasia come back after surgery?
Conclusions: Craniofacial fibrous dysplasia regrowth and reoperation are common, particularly after debulking procedures. Outcomes are favorable for aneurysmal bone cysts and biopsies. McCune-Albright syndrome growth hormone excess is a risk factor for regrowth, and may be underdiagnosed in surgical patients.
What is the prognosis for fibrous dysplasia?
Individuals with milder forms of FD often live normal, otherwise healthy lives. The prognosis is as widely variable as the disorder itself, and is based on the bones affected, whether other structures such as nerves are affected, and whether fractures occur.
How does someone get fibrous dysplasia?
The exact cause of fibrous dysplasia is not known. It is believed to be due to a chemical defect in a specific bone protein. This defect may be due to a gene mutation present at birth, although the condition is not known to be passed down in families.
What is the treatment for fibrous dysplasia of the hip?
Surgical Treatment. A bone graft is bone taken from a donor (allograft) or from another bone in your body (autograft)—most often the hip. Synthetic bone material can also be used to fill the cavity. In some cases the bone graft placed in the cavity can be resorbed and the fibrous dysplasia can recur.
Do you need surgery for fibrous dysplasia?
Fibrous Dysplasia. Some patients with fibrous dysplasia experience few or no symptoms. In other cases, however, multiple bones are affected and the condition is more severe. These patients may need surgery to remove the affected areas of bone and prevent or repair any fractures or deformity.
How is fibrous dysplasia of the proximal femur managed?
The decision to manage a case of fibrous dysplasia of the proximal femur, especially shepherd crook deformity (bowing and varus deformity of the femoral neck region), is usually decided on a case-by-case basis by individual surgeons.
What is fibrous dysplasia?
Fibrous dysplasia has been linked to a gene mutation that causes bone cells to make an abnormal type of fibrous bone. Although the abnormal bone begins to form before birth, its presence is often not discovered until childhood, adolescence or even adulthood. The condition is generally divided into two types: