Article: The skeleton's connected to the - hormones?

NATALIE ANGIER The New York Times
International Herald Tribune
04-30-2009
The skeleton's connected to the - hormones?
Byline: NATALIE ANGIER The New York Times
Edition: 1
Section: FEATURES

When Harry Eastlack was 5 years old, he broke his left leg while playing with his sister. The fracture failed to set properly, and soon his hip and knee had stiffened up as well. Examining the boy, doctors found ominous bony growths on the muscles of his thigh. Within a few years, bony deposits had spread throughout Harry's body, infiltrating his chest, neck, back and buttocks. Surgeons tried to cut the excess bone away, only to watch it grow back thicker and more invasive than before.

By his mid-20s, ...

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