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Germline LEMD3 mutations are rare in sporadic patients with isolated melorheostosis

, 2006
To further explore the allelic heterogeneity within the group of LEMD3-related disorders, we have screened a larger series of patients including 5 probands with osteopoikilosis or Buschke-Ollendorff syndrome (BOS), 2 families with the co-occurrence of ...
Janecke, Andreas, Savarirayan, Ravi, Basel, Lina, Debeer, Philippe, Mortier, Geert R, De Paepe, Anne, Verdonk, Peter, Roth, Johannes, Mortier, Geert, David, Albert, Coucke, Paul, Kjær, Klaus Wilbrandt, Hellemans, Jan, Wright, Michael, Kjaer, Klaus W, Verdonk, Peter C M, Moss, Celia   +16 more
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Melorheostosis: a rare entity: a case report

The Pan African Medical Journal, 2014
Melorheostosis is a rare entity belonging to the group of sclerotic bone dysplasias. Described for the first time in 1922 by Leri, it remains imperfectly known as clinical presentations are highly variable, and the etiological diagnosis is not fully ...
Abdelhakim Kherfani, Hachem Mahjoub
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Surgical treatment of melorheostosis: Report of two cases

Kaohsiung Journal of Medical Sciences, 2012
Melorheostosis is a rare disease that usually burdens the patient with painful disability or soft tissue compromise. The treatment is usually symptomatic and conservative.
Shih-Hsiang Chou, Chung-Hwan Chen, Jian-Chih Chen, Song-Hsiung Chien, Yuh-Min Cheng   +4 more
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Bone scintigraphy elucidates different metabolic stages of melorheostosis

The Pan African Medical Journal, 2012
Melorheostosis is a rare benign non-hereditary sclerosing dysplasia involving the bone, often in a sclerotomal distribution. Our case was a 27 year old lady with painful swelling of the left hand and forearm lasting for almost 15 years.
Sina Izadyar, Ali Gholamrezanezhad
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Melorheostosis: a case report

Journal of the Foot & Ankle
Melorheostosis, or Léri's disease, is a rare sclerosing bone dysplasia characterized by irregular bone growth and progressive cortical hyperostosis, usually limited to a single limb.
Fernando P Oliveira, João M Marques, Francisco S. Rodrigues, Erica Marto, Paula H. Silva, José Mousinho   +5 more
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Melorheostosis: presentation of a clinical case

, 2015
Melorheostosis is a form of hyperostosis which affects both bone and the adjacent soft tissues. Its incidence is variable, although it is higher in the second and third decades of life due to the slowly progressive nature of the disease.
Sosa Henríquez, Manuel José, Gonzalez Y, Gonzalez, Bordon S, Suarez, Borbones M, Santana, Henriquez J, Herrera, Hernandez D, Hernandez   +5 more
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Melorheostosis and rheumatoid arthritis.

, 1983
A 63-year-old woman presented with the clinical picture of classical rheumatoid arthritis. X-ray examination also showed typical aspects of melorheostosis involving both femurs by linear hyperostosis.
Todesco S, Romani S., Bedendo A, PUNZI, LEONARDO, D'ANGELO, ANGELA   +4 more
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Melorheostosis – A Review of the Literature and Case Report

, 2022
Introduction: Melorheostosis is a rare chronic bone disorder of unknown etiology most commonly affecting the peripheral skeleton. Its onset is insidious with the typical presentation being pain and restricted range of motion.
Smith, Samone
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Progressive melorheostosis in the peripheral and axial skeleton with associated vascular malformations: imaging findings over three decades

, 2001
A 28-year old woman presented with Leri's disease (melorheostosis) and the rare combination of complex vascular malformations and lymphatic anomalies.
Anderson SE, Anderson, S. E., Vock, P., Kalbermatten NT, Kalbermatten, N. T., Rüfenacht D, Vock P, Rufenacht, D.   +7 more
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18F-NaF PET/CT in Extensive Melorheostosis of the Axial and Appendicular Skeleton With Soft-Tissue Involvement

, 2017
Melorheostosis is a rare, nonhereditary, benign, sclerotic bone dysplasia with no sex predilection, typically occurring in late childhood or early adulthood, which can lead to substantial functional morbidity, depending on the sites of involvement.
Papadakis, Georgios Z., Tu, Tsang Wei, Bhattacharyya, Timothy, Millo, Corina, Jha, Smita, Nicholas J. Patronas, Smita Jha, Georgios Z. Papadakis, Tsang-Wei Tu, Timothy Bhattacharyya, Apostolos H. Karantanas, Corina Millo, Ulas Bagci, Kostas Marias   +13 more
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