See Also: Recklinghausen's disease of bone(medicine)
Recklinghausen's disease(dictionary)
von recklinghausen's disease(medicine)
von Recklinghausen disease(medicine)
von Recklinghausen's disease(dictionary)
disease, von recklinghausen's(medicine)
Recklinghausen's disease type I(medicine)
central Recklinghausen's disease type II(medicine)
Big bone disease(health)
Paget disease of bone(encyclopedia)

Recklinghausen's disease of bone (medicine)


Recklinghausen's disease of bone -->
osteitis fibrosa cystica


Rarefying osteitis with fibrous degeneration and formation of cysts, and with the presence of fibrous nodules on the affected bones. It is due to marked osteoclastic activity secondary to hyperfunction of the parathyroid glands.