title: Melorheostosis with bilateral involvement in a black African patient.
abstract: Melorheostosis is a rare chronic bone disease of unknown etiology that often affects a single limb. Onset usually occurs in childhood or early adolescence. A flowing wax appearance along the surface of the bone and multiple areas of bone sclerosis produce a typical radiographic picture. We describe the first case reported in a black African, in whom an exceedingly rare feature was a bilateral distribution of the lesions.
authors.affiliation: Radiology department CNHU, 06 BP 929 Cotonou, Benin.
authors.forename: Olivier
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Biaou
authors.forename: Martin
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Avimadje
authors.forename: Oumar
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Guira
authors.forename: Alex
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Adjagba
authors.forename: Marcel
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Zannou
authors.forename: Jean-Philippe
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Hauzeur
mesh_terms: D000349:Africa; D044383:Black People; D005385:Fingers / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D006811:Humerus / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D008557:Melorheostosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D011859:Radiography