A "reverse" Maffucci's syndrome: case report and short review of the literature.
Maffucci's syndrome is a congenital, non-hereditary mesodermal dysplasia associated with multiple enchondromas and after some years accompanied by hemangiomas. We describe a rare case of "reverse" Maffucci's syndrome in a 42-year-old woman who has suffered from multiple hemangiomas for the last 24 years. The last two years she complained for heel pain. Bone scintigraphic examination showed abnormal findings in the left calcaneal bone. The scintigraphy, radiology and histology findings revealed multiple enchondromas, so the diagnosis was changed into Maffucci's syndrome. After one year, the left calcaneal bone showed sarcomatous transformation.
Matzaroglou
Charalampos
C
Orthopaedics Department, Medical School, University of Patras, P.O. Box 26504 Rio, Greece. orthopatras@yahoo.gr
Megas
Panagiotis
P
Panagiotopoulos
Elias
E
Notopoulos
Athanasios
A
Saridis
Alkis
A
Sourgiadaki
Efrosini
E
Koumoundourou
Dimitra
D
Dimakopoulos
Panagiotis
P
D000328:Adult; D001847:Bone Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D002111:Calcaneus / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004687:Enchondromatosis / Q000175:diagnosis*; D005260:Female; D006391:Hemangioma / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D010146:Pain / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology; D011859:Radiography; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*