Multiple hereditary osteochondromata. Report of an early case.
Observations on the early development of multiple osteochondromata in a 3-year-old girl suggest that aberrant growth of a peripheral segment of the growth plate, with extension primarily toward the metaphysis, but towards the epiphysis, impairs development of adjacent areas of epiphyseal cartilage.
D001859:Bone Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D002812:Chondroma / Q000235:genetics / Q000473:pathology*; D004838:Epiphyses / Q000473:pathology; D005097:Exostoses, Multiple Hereditary / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D005360:Fibula / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D007596:Joints / Q000473:pathology; D013977:Tibia / Q000473:pathology