title: A "reverse" Maffucci's syndrome: case report and short review of the literature.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Orthopaedics Department, Medical School, University of Patras, P.O. Box 26504 Rio, Greece. orthopatras@yahoo.gr
authors.forename: Charalampos
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Matzaroglou
authors.forename: Panagiotis
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Megas
authors.forename: Elias
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Panagiotopoulos
authors.forename: Athanasios
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Notopoulos
authors.forename: Alkis
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Saridis
authors.forename: Efrosini
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Sourgiadaki
authors.forename: Dimitra
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Koumoundourou
authors.forename: Panagiotis
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Dimakopoulos
mesh_terms: 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*