Gorham's disease

English

Etymology

Named after Lemuel Whittington Gorham, a doctor.

Noun

Gorham's disease (uncountable)

  1. A very rare skeletal condition of uncertain etiology, characterized by the uncontrolled proliferation of distended, thin-walled vascular or lymphatic channels within bone, which leads to resorption and replacement of bone with angiomas and/or fibrosis.

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