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Ghosal hematodiaphyseal syndrome

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A syndrome characterized by increased bone density with predominant diaphyseal involvement and aregenerative corticosteroid-sensitive anemia that has_material_basis_in homozygous or compound heterozygous mutation in TBXAS1 on chromosome 7q34.

Signs and symptoms

  • Iron deficiency anemia
  • Metaphyseal widening
  • Cortical thickening of long bone diaphyses
  • Diaphyseal dysplasia
  • Knee pain
  • Erythroid dysplasia
  • Megakaryocyte dysplasia
  • Myelofibrosis
  • Increased density of long bones
  • Anemia

Also known as: Ghosal hematodiaphyseal dysplasia; Ghosal syndrome; diaphyseal dysplasia-anemia syndrome