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Familial gigantiform cementoma with brittle bone disease, pathologic fractures, and osteosarcoma: a possible explanation of an ancient mystery.

Rossbach HC, Letson D, Lacson A, Ruas E, Salazar P

Division of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology, All Children's Hospital, St. Petersburg, Florida, USA. hanschristoph.rossbach@baycare.org

We describe four individuals of an African-American family with a predominantly diaphyseal bone disease associated with familial gigantiform cementoma (FGC), a disorder typically seen in Caucasians. The mother and her children presented with deformities of the jaws, abnormalities of the long bones, and pre-pubertal pathologic fractures. The index patient carried the diagnosis of osteosarcoma (OS). In addition, we provide a possible explanation for the jaw abnormalities of King Tutankhamen's father in the 18th dynasty in Egypt around 1350 BC.

Published 21 February 2005 in Pediatr Blood Cancer, 44(4): 390-6.
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