Gamuts

Focal vertebral sclerosis

Monomelic amyotrophy (MMA), is a rare motor neuron disease first described in 1959 in Japan. Its symptoms usually appear about two years after adolescent growth spurt and is significantly more common in males (average age of onset, 15- to 25-year-old). [Source: Wikipedia ]

Synonyms
Focal sclerosis in vertebra
May Be Caused by
Bone island
Brucellosis
Chondrosarcoma
Chordoma
Chronic osteomyelitis
Ewing sarcoma
Fracture
Hemangioma
Idiopathic
Langerhans cell histiocytosis
Lymphoma
Mastocytosis
Melorheostosis
Multiple myeloma
Osteoblastic metastasis
Osteoblastoma
Osteoid osteoma
Osteoma
Osteomyelitis
Osteosarcoma
POEMS syndrome
Sarcoidosis
Sclerosis of apophyseal joint
Sclerotic pedicle
Spondylosis
Tuberculosis
Tuberous sclerosis
Typhoid fever
Synonyms
Focal sclerosis in vertebra
May Be Caused by
Bone island
Brucellosis
Chondrosarcoma
Chordoma
Chronic osteomyelitis
Ewing sarcoma
Fracture
Hemangioma
Idiopathic
Langerhans cell histiocytosis
Lymphoma
Mastocytosis
Melorheostosis
Multiple myeloma
Osteoblastic metastasis
Osteoblastoma
Osteoid osteoma
Osteoma
Osteomyelitis
Osteosarcoma
POEMS syndrome
Sarcoidosis
Sclerosis of apophyseal joint
Sclerotic pedicle
Spondylosis
Tuberculosis
Tuberous sclerosis
Typhoid fever


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