SUBSCAPULAR EXOSTOSIS WITH ADVENTITIOUS BURSA

Subscapular Bursa: Anatomy and Magnetic Resonance Appearance

Bursa formation with scapular osteochondroma in hereditary multiple exostosis.

Osteochondroma is the most common benign bone tumour present multiple hereditary exostosis (HME). Scapular osteochondroma associated with pain and bursitis is rarely reported in literature. Here, we describe a 49-year-old male with the diagnosis of HME who was admitted to the Department of Thoracic Surgery with a painful and rapidly enlarging mass behind the left scapula. Computed tomography an...

The Classic: Inflammation of the Post-calcaneal Bursa Associated with Exostosis

Charles Fairbank Painter was born in Grand Haven, Michigan, the son of a clergyman [1]. He evidently spent one year at Williams College, then went to Johns Hopkins University. He obtained his medical education at Harvard Medical School, from which he graduated in 1895 (in the same class with Harvey Cushing and E. Amory Codman). While a house officer at the Massachusetts General Hospital he beca...

Subungual Exostosis

The curious affection known as "subungual exostosis" appears to have been scientifically described for the first time by Dupuytren, who discriminated cases as early as 1817; hence it is also often called " Dupuytren's exostosis." In studying the natural history of this condition, one cannot help noticing the great frequency of its occurrence as compared with other ossiform skeletal outgrowths; ...

Hereditary multiple exostosis.

Hereditary multiple exostosis is an intriguing genetic condition with a clinical impact in the field of orthopaedics, paediatrics and oncology. In this review we highlight the current knowledge about this condition from a clinical and scientific point of view. This gives us more insight into the molecular mechanisms and current models on which therapeutic agents are based. It allows for a multi...