title: [Association of monomelic melorheostosis and synovial chondromatosis of the knee].
abstract: Melorheostosis is a rare affection, of obscure etiopathogenesis, corresponding to osteosclerosis with running hyperostosis. We report the observation of melorheostosis of a lower limb occurring to an 18-year old patient who consulted for tumefaction of the lower limb with an aching and stiffened knee. The radiography allowed the diagnosis by showing an aspect characterized by a running like of a candle accompanied by osteochondromatosis of the knee and the calcification of soft tissues. The synovectomy of the knee brought about indolence and the lesions seem to stabilise after a 3 years follow-up. The synovial osteochondromatosis seems to be an integral part of the disease. The characteristics of melorheostosis are studied according to the data of the literature.
authors.affiliation: Service de Chirurgie Orthopédique et Réparatrice, CHU Ibn Rochd., Casablanca, Maroc.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Fikry
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Lamine
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Dkhissi
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Essadki
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Zryouil
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D015838:Chondromatosis, Synovial / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007719:Knee Joint; D008557:Melorheostosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D011379:Prognosis; D011859:Radiography
vernacular_title: Association d'une mélorhéostose monomélique et d'une chondromatose synoviale du genou.