Metaphyseal dysplasia

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Metaphyseal dysplasia
Classification and external resources
ICD-10 Q78.5
ICD-9 756.9
OMIM 265900
DiseasesDB 29227

Metaphyseal dysplasia is a rare disease in which the outer part of the shafts of long bones is thinner than normal and there is an increased chance of fractures.

[edit] Eponym

It is also named "Pyle disease", after Edwin Pyle.[1][2]

[edit] References

  1. ^ synd/1140 at Who Named It
  2. ^ E. Pyle. A Case of unusual bone development. Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, Boston, 1931, 13-A: 874-876.