title: Surgical treatment of melorheostosis: report of two cases.
abstract: Melorheostosis is a rare disease that usually burdens the patient with painful disability or soft tissue compromise. The treatment is usually symptomatic and conservative. Patients with severe and complicated forms of the disease may require surgery. Involvement of the distal part of a limb usually carries more morbidity, such as tumefaction pain, cosmetic and psychosocial or functional problems that render conservative treatment unsatisfactory to patients. In our series, surgical debulking or decompression of the mass effect provided prompt symptom relief.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedics, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
authors.forename: Shih-Hsiang
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Chou
authors.forename: Chung-Hwan
authors.initials: CH
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Jian-Chih
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Song-Hsiung
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Chien
authors.forename: Yuh-Min
authors.initials: YM
authors.lastname: Cheng
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D019299:Decompression, Surgical; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008557:Melorheostosis / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D010146:Pain / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D011859:Radiography; D035583:Rare Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D016896:Treatment Outcome