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Camurati-Engelmann disease 2

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An osteosclerosis characterized by progressive diaphyseal dysplasia, associated with a waddling gait, muscle weakness, and severe leg pain that has_material_basis_in heterozygous mutation in the TGFB2 gene on chromosome 1q41.

Signs and symptoms

  • Elevated erythrocyte sedimentation rate
  • Skeletal muscle atrophy
  • Elevated circulating alkaline phosphatase concentration
  • Hip contracture
  • Lower limb pain
  • Knee flexion contracture
  • Hyperostosis
  • Disproportionate tall stature
  • Osteopenia
  • Waddling gait