1. Title RIBBING DISEASE

2. AIM - TO PRESENT A RARE CASE OF DIAPHYSEAL SCLEROSIS (RIBBING DISEASE)

3. MATERIALS AND METHODS 35 YRS FEMALE PRESENTED WITH COMPLAINTS OF RT LEG PAIN FOR 1 1/2YRS. AP AND LATERAL RADIOGRAPH OF LEG, CT, MRI OF LEG WAS DONE.

4. RESULT : RT TIBIA SHOWED ENDOSTEAL AND PERIOSTEAL SCLEROSIS OF DIAPHYSIS.LEFT TIBIA AND FIBULA WAS NORMAL. NOT ASSOCIATED WITH SOFT TISSUE ABNORMALITY. WITH LACK OF CLINICAL SIGNS OF INFECTION AND LACK OF LABORATORY EVIDENCE OF METABOLIC BONE DISEASE RIBBING DISEASE WAS DIAGNOSED.

5. CONCLUSION : RIBBING DISEASE IS A RARE DIAPHYSEAL SCLEROSING DYSPLASIA WHICH MAY BE UNILATERAL OR MAY SIMULATE STRESS FRACTURE, CHRONIC OSTEOMYELITIS OR BONE FORMING TUMOUR. CLINICAL AND IMAGING FEATURES MAY SUGGEST THE CORRECT DIAGNOSIS.