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Melorheostosis: Presentation of a case followed up for 24 years

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The case of a woman affected by Melorheostosis of the left arm, who was followed for 24 years, is presented. After a brief review of the main clinico-radiological features and the most likely pathogenetic theory, the authors point out the slow but inexorable progression of the alterations and their localization, which is strictly limited to the dermatome supplied by a spinal nerve.

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Es wird über einen Fall von Melorheostose des linken Armes bei einer Frau berichtet, dessen Verlauf über 24 Jahre beobachtet wurde. Die Autoren weisen auf die hauptsächlichen klinischen und radiologischen Erscheinungen, die mögliche Pathogenese und auf das langsame unaufhaltsame Fortschreiten der Veränderung hin und stellen fest, daß auch in dem von ehnen beobachteten Fall die Lokalisation der Veränderung der Sklerotomanordnung entspricht.

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Colavita, N., Nicolais, S., Orazi, C. et al. Melorheostosis: Presentation of a case followed up for 24 years. Arch. Orth. Traum. Surg. 106, 123–125 (1987). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00435426

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