Mutter Museum unveils skeleton exhibit for Rare Disease Day

Thursday, February 28, 2019
PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- The Mutter Museum's newest exhibit is dedicated to a long-time Philadelphia resident.

In commemoration of Rare Disease Day, the museum unveiled the skeleton of Carol Orzel.
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Orzel died last year after more than 35 years of living with Fibrodysplasia Ossificans Progressiva or FOP.

Orzel was 58.
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FOP causes the body's tissues to harden and turn into bone.
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