Chondromatosis (Subscribe)  

Enchondromatosis represent a heterogenous group of disorders. Spranger et al attempted a classification into 6 types: Ollier disease, Maffuci syndrome, metachondromatosis, spondyloenchondrodysplasia, enchondromatosis with irregular vertebral lesions, and generalized enchondromatosis. Halal and Azouz added 3 tentative categories to the 6 in the classification of Spranger et al. CASE PRESENTATION: We...

Abstract We report a new disorder that we have called genochondromatosis. Four patients from the same family with the characteristic localisation of chondromatosis (clavicle, upper end of humerus, and lower end of femur) were investigated. The favourable course, the dominant transmission, and previous publication of similar cases confirm the uniqueness of...

Metachondromatosis is an inherited condition that may be mistaken for hereditary multiple exostoses in which exostoses form on the inside as well as the outside of the bones.
Radiology l48: 117-118.July 1983 Full Text. Leslie A. Kennedy, M.D.

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Synovial chondroma, solitary
Synovial chondromatosis with secondary chondrosarcoma
Synovial chondromatosis, secondary