Osteogenesis Imperfecta Case Study

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This study analyzed skull radiographs of 195 patients with osteogenesis imperfecta. Many people with osteogenesis imperfecta have a large number of wormian bones and are diagnosed with having SNWB (significant number of wormian bones) when they have 10 or more visible wormian bones. However, those with osteogenesis imperfecta are not the only ones with SNWB as it can also occur in other skeletal diseases and in cases of ‘‘purposeful skull deformation.’’ In this study, they found that a significant number of wormian bones occurred in all types of osteogenesis imperfecta and that 58% of patients with OI types I, III, and IV were positive for SNWB. This study found a strong correlation between occurrence of SNWB and a patient’s OI disease severity.

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