Disseminated multifocal hemangiomatous or lymphangiomatous lesions of the skeleton. The lesions are lytic, well-defined, round or oval lesions within the medullary cavity, and they have an intact cortex, and manifest variable peripheral sclerosis and may exhibit endosteal scalloping. [ http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11930062 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0736-9199 ]
Synonyms: Lytic cystic lesions in appendicular bones
Term information
- UMLS:C4021749
The term Cystic angiomatosis is used to describe a disease entity that includes cystic angiomatosis of bone and of visceral organs.