OSTEOGENESIS IMPERFECTA - DESCRIPTION OF A CASE IN INFANCY

The Authors present the case of a four-year-old boy with multiple lower-limb fractures occuring during the past two years. The clinical, radiologic, and scintigraphic findings, together with the mode of inheritance, allowed the Authors to make the diagnosis of Osteogenesis Imperfecta - Type IVa according to the classification of Sillence. The importance of bone scintigraphy for the diagnosis is emphasized.