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Case report 771: Melorheostosis in association with desmoid tumor
V Ippolito1, J M Mirra, C Motta
1Department of Orthopedic Oncology, Hospital of the Good Samaritan, Los Angeles, California.
Skeletal Radiology
|January 1, 1993
Abstract:
Melorheostosis is a rare congenital disease, some 300 cases have been reported in the literature. The main purpose of this case report is twofold: (1) to present an unusual case of melorheostosis of the right hand, beginning in infancy, with serial radiographic studies to show the gradual progression of the disease; and (2) to present the first case with the development of "aggressive" fibromatosis (desmoid tumor) of the adjacent soft tissues, associated with melorheostosis.