| 1. | McCune-Albright syndrome includes polyostotic fibrous dysplasia as part of its presentation.
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| 2. | Bone pain is a common complication of fibrous dysplasia.
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| 3. | In the craniofacial skeleton, fibrous dysplasia may present as a painless lump or facial asymmetry.
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| 4. | In particular untreated growth hormone excess may worsen craniofacial fibrous dysplasia and increase the risk of blindness.
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| 5. | Untreated, progressive scoliosis is one of the few features of fibrous dysplasia that can lead to early fatality.
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| 6. | Children with fibrous dysplasia in the appendicular skeleton typically present with limp, pain, and / or pathologic fractures.
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| 7. | Fibrous dysplasia commonly involves the spine, and may lead to scoliosis, which in rare instances may be severe.
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| 8. | Mutations in this gene also result in progressive osseus heteroplasia, polyostotic fibrous dysplasia of bone, and some pituitary tumors.
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| 9. | The craniofacial pattern of the disease occurs in 50 % of patients with the polyostotic form of fibrous dysplasia.
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| 10. | Marlie suffered from polyostotic fibrous dysplasia, a genetic condition in which the bone structure is replaced by connective tissue.
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