Maxillary fibrous dysplasia associated with McCune-Albright syndrome. A case study

Sylwia Wójcik; Rafał Koszowski; Bogna Drozdowska; Joanna Śmieszek-Wilczewska; Agnieszka Raczkowska-Siostrzonek

doi:10.1515/med-2016-0082

Maxillary fibrous dysplasia associated with McCune-Albright syndrome. A case study

Open Med (Wars). 2016 Nov 16;11(1):465-470. doi: 10.1515/med-2016-0082. eCollection 2016.

Authors

Sylwia Wójcik¹, Rafał Koszowski¹, Bogna Drozdowska², Joanna Śmieszek-Wilczewska¹, Agnieszka Raczkowska-Siostrzonek¹

Affiliations

¹ Chair of Dental Surgery, Department of Cranio-Maxillofacial Surgery and Oral Surgery, School of Medicine with the Division of Dentistry in Zabrze, Medical University of Silesia in Katowice, Poland.
² Chair of Pathomorphology, Medical University of Silesia in Katowice, Poland.

Abstract

McCune Albright syndrome (MCA) is a rare complication of genetic origin. The authors present a case study of a patient with MCA diagnosed with multifocal fibrous dysplasia in his limb and craniofacial bones. The symptoms of the disease in the patient's facial and oral tissue and the treatment administered have been described.

Keywords: Fibrous dyspla-sia of bone; McCune-Albright syndrome; Multifocal dysplasia; benign bone tumour.