title: [Symptomatic foot shortening with subacute soft tissue swelling of the right tibia].
abstract: A 13-year-old girl presented with load-dependent pain of the medial part of the right foot. The medical history revealed no trauma and no sports-related injury. X-ray examinations of the foot and lower leg showed subcortical increased sclerosis at the medial part of the tibia, the medial tarsal bones and of a bunion. Magnetic resonance imaging revealed corresponding findings with localized edema of the bone marrow within the increased subcortical sclerosis but no indications of subcutaneous fibrosis. The constellation is indicative of melorheostosis, a rare benign sclerosis of bones and soft tissue. Subcutaneous fibrosis and limb shortening are also common.
authors.affiliation: Abteilung Diagnostische und Interventionelle Radiologie, Radiologische Klinik, Universitätsklinikum Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Deutschland. Paul.Flechsig@med.uni-heidelberg.de
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Flechsig
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Müller
authors.forename: M-A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Weber
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D003240:Connective Tissue Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004487:Edema / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D005530:Foot Deformities / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008557:Melorheostosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D011859:Radiography
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