Albers-Schönberg osteopetrosis
ORPHA:53· ICD-10 Q78.2
Definition
A sclerosing disorder of the skeleton characterized by increased bone density that classically displays the radiographic sign of ''sandwich vertebrae'' (dense bands of sclerosis parallel to the vertebral endplates).
- Prevalence
- 1-9 / 100 000
- Inheritance
- Autosomal dominant
- Age of onset
- Childhood