The Pan African Medical Journal (Jul 2014)

Melorheostosis: a rare entity: a case report

  • Abdelhakim Kherfani,
  • Hachem Mahjoub

DOI
https://doi.org/10.11604/pamj.2014.18.251.4661
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 18, no. 251

Abstract

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Melorheostosis is a rare entity belonging to the group of sclerotic bone dysplasias. Described for the first time in 1922 by Leri, it remains imperfectly known as clinical presentations are highly variable, and the etiological diagnosis is not fully elucidated. We report a case of polyostoticmelorheostosis for which radiological investigations were complete, in order to study this disease.

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