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American Journal of Roentgenology, Vol 167, 689-694, Copyright © 1996 by American Roentgen Ray Society

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Ribbing disease (multiple diaphyseal sclerosis): imaging and differential diagnosis

LL Seeger, KC Hewel, L Yao, RH Gold, JM Mirra, VP Chandnani and JJ Eckardt
UCLA School of Medicine, Department of Radiological Sciences 90095- 6952, USA.

OBJECTIVE: This study describes the clinical presentation and the course of Ribbing disease in six patients and illustrates imaging features on plain radiography, conventional and computed tomography, and 99mTc-methylene diphosphonate bone scans. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Between 1982 and 1990, six female patients presented with painful bony lesions that were believed to be Ribbing disease. Ten bones were affected: both tibiae in three patients, a unilateral tibia in one, both femora in one, and a unilateral femur in one. Plain radiographs and either conventional or computed tomography were available for all patients and 99mTc-methylene diphosphonate bone scans, for five patients. All patients underwent open biopsy and/or surgical decompression. RESULTS: The diagnosis was reached in all patients through a combination of clinical findings (lack of systemic signs of infection or laboratory values suggesting metabolic bone disease), imaging, histologic evaluation, and specimen cultures. Radiographs and tomographic studies showed benign-appearing endosteal and periosteal cortical thickening. Intense uptake of radionuclide tracer was confined to the shaft of all involved bones. All pathologic specimens revealed nonspecific changes that included a slow increase in the mass of cortical and endosteal bone. These specimens also assisted in excluding neoplastic or infectious causes for the new bone formation. CONCLUSION: Ribbing disease is a rare disorder that, on imaging studies, may simulate stress fracture, chronic infection, bone-forming neoplasia, or a systemic metabolic or endocrine disorder. Clinical and imaging features may suggest the correct diagnosis.
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