Osteopetrosis

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  • Autosomal Recessive
  • Usually presents in early adulthood
  • Bones dense and brittle

Symptoms

  • due to reduced bone marrow space
    • anaemia
    • thrombocytopenia
    • recurrent chest/throat infection
  • compression of cranial nerves
    • deafness
    • optic atrophy

Investigations

  • leukoerythroblastic
  • X-ray
    • lack of differentiation between medulla and cortex (marble bone)
 

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