Maffucci syndrome is a rare condition with multiple enchondromas and hemangiomas. Fewer than 200 cases have been reported in the United States. There is a high predilection for neoplastic changes, and PET/CT has an important role in detecting these changes.

OBJECTIVE The objective of this study is to show the results achieved in the treatment of hip osteochondromatosis by arthroscopy. METHODS Six patients submitted to hip arthroscopy for synovial osteochondromatosis have been assessed for pre- and postoperative function and pain. The time of preoperative complaint ranged from nine to 48 months, in an average of 28.2 months and the follow-up rang...

Ollier’s syndrome, a variant of multiple enchondromatosis, is a rare disease with an estimated prevalence of 1/100,000, characterized by multiple enchondromas, asymmetrically involving small bones of the hands and feet, especially the proximal phalanges. Intracranial enchondromas, such as those arising from the skull base are extremely rare. Herein, we report a 25-year-old female, known case of...

To our knowledge, this is the first case of synovial osteochondromatosis in a patient presenting with a double patella-like condition. The true duplication of the patella, which is called double patella, is extremely rare. In our case, the operative and histopathological findings showed that the double patella-like condition was secondarily induced by synovial osteochondromatosis. Synovial oste...

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Studies were conducted to evaluate the level of dietary 1,25-dihydroxycholecalciferol [1,25-(OH)2D3] required to decrease the incidence of tibial dyschondroplasia (TD) in male broilers at 3 and 5 wk of age. The birds were reared in floor pens with wood shavings and fed a corn-soybean meal diet supplemented with 0, 3, 6, or 9 micrograms/kg 1,25-(OH)2D3. The diet contained, by averaged analyses, ...

BACKGROUND Enchondroma, a subtype of chondroma, originates from the medullary cavity of the bone and produces an expansile growth pattern. Enchondroma located in the spine is rare and a few cases of large thoracic enchondroma have been reported. The authors document a rare case of large enchondroma in the thoracic spine of a 49-year-old woman, and discuss its clinical, radiological and histopat...

Fibrous dysplasia (FD) is a monostotic or polyostotic benign bone lesion with spindle-cell proliferation in woven bone and stroma. Rarely, cartilaginous differentiation can be seen in the lesions of FD. FD with massive cartilaginous differentiation is called fibrocartilaginous dysplasia (FCD) and is considered a rare variant of FD. Although pathological findings of FD show irregular immature bo...

Introduction Maffucci’s syndrome is rare, congenital, non hereditary mesodermal dysplasia clinically presents as enchondromas and hemangiomas. Maffucci syndrome was first described in 1881 and more than 200 cases are reported since then [1]. It has unknown etiology and no predilection for sex or race. Enchondromas are benign cartilaginous tumors most commonly seen in phalanges and long bones. H...