Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, 1968;50:1629-1638.
© 1968 by The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, Inc
Essential Osteolysis with Nephropathy
A REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE AND CASE REPORT OF AN UNUSUAL SYNDROME
JOSEPH S. TORG M.D.1 and
HOWARD H. STEEL M.D.1
1 From the Shriners' Hospital for Crippled Children and The Temple University School of Medicine, Philadelphia
1. The literature pertaining to essential osteolysis with nephropathy is reviewed.
2. A case of essential osteolysis with nephropathy is presented with roenitgenographic and histological documentation.
3. Pertinent literature dealing with other idiopathic osteolytic processes is discussed and a distinction made between them and essential osteolysis with nephropathy.