Multiple osteocartilaginous exostoses of the lower extremity: A case report. Issue 1 (March 2015)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Shtofmakher, Garry; Kaufman, Michelle A.; Bhoola, Prashant H.; Patel, Ankur A.; Rice, Susan M.; Cohen, Randy E.
• Is Part Of: Foot. Volume 25:Issue 1(2015:Mar.)
• Page Start: 62
• Page End: 65
• Publication Date: 2015-03
• Subjects: Foot -- Diseases -- Periodicals; Foot -- Surgery -- Periodicals; Foot Diseases -- Periodicals; Foot -- surgery -- Periodicals; Pied -- Maladies -- Périodiques; Pied -- Chirurgie -- Périodiques; Pied -- Lésions et blessures -- Périodiques; Foot -- Diseases; Foot -- Surgery; Periodicals; Electronic journals; Electronic journals; 617.585005
• DOI: 10.1016/j.foot.2014.11.008
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0958-2592

Abstract

<abstract abstract-type="author-highlights" id="abs0010"> <title id="sect0110">Highlights</title> <sec> <p id="spar0010"> <list id="lis0005"> <list-item id="lsti0005"> <label></label> <p id="par0905">There is potential for malignant transformation into chondrosarcoma in individuals with MHE, and thus lifelong monitoring will be necessary.</p> </list-item> <list-item id="lsti0010"> <label></label> <p id="par0910">If an osteochrondroma becomes larger, or increasingly painful surgical intervention should be considered for these patients.</p> </list-item> <list-item id="lsti0015"> <label></label> <p id="par0915">Multiple osteochondromatois is often an incidental finding and is usually not on the list of differential diagnoses.</p> </list-item> <list-item id="lsti0020"> <label></label> <p id="par0920">MHE is inherited in an autosomal dominant pattern through a defect in the EXT gene loci.</p> </list-item> <list-item id="lsti0025"> <label></label> <p id="par0925">An osteochrondroma at the 1st MTPJ contributed to increased bunion pain due to mechanical irritation of the shoegear against the exostosis.</p> </list-item> </list> </p> </sec> </abstract>