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; ...

The authors present the case of a 54-year-old female who developed a painful compression lesion localized to the medial aspect of the base of the distal phalanx of the great toe as a complication of hallux valgus surgery. Preoperative radiographic evaluation of the patient’s foot revealed the first ray to be longer than the second, a 12° first intermetatarsal angle, a 33° hallux abductus angle,...

The prevalence of known solitary exostosis is around 1-2 % in the general population. Treatment of an exostosis may consist of resection with or without further treatment for deformity. The distal radioulnar joint (DRUJ) acts as the link between radius and ulna at the wrist and is important in the transmission of load. Its anatomic integrity should be respected in surgical procedures or ulnar-s...

Osteochondromas, or exostoses, are overwhelmingly found as isolated lesions although they can be present within the context of multiple hereditary exostosis. Increased exostotic load associated with multiple hereditary exostosis can lead to limb-length discrepancy, increased femoral anteversion, valgus angulation, and acetabular dysplasia. Solitary osteochondromas have been linked with bursal i...

Multiple hereditary exostosis, EXT genes, and skeletal development.

A 14-year-old boy was admitted to our hospital due to persisting pleuritic pain in the right lower hemithorax, which presented after athletic activities. Chest X-ray showed a right hemothorax for which a chest tube was inserted. The patient’s medical history was positive for exostoses of both humeri and the left femur, for which he had undergone an operation at the age of 5 and 8 years, respect...

INTRODUCTION Osteochondroma of the cervical spine is an uncommon bony tumour. CLINICAL PICTURE We present a case which was misdiagnosed as a posterior cervical lymph node. The patient presented with a tender neck lump and was seen by two surgical departments. They eventually diagnosed it as an osteochondroma and referred the patient to our department. This exostosis arose from the lamina of C...

INTRODUCTION The anatomical variations of bones in the hand are common. The existence of exostosis and shortening of metacarpal bones has been described in the literature as part of the hereditary multiple exostosis syndrome but no case has been reported with the co-existence of sesamoid ossicles in the same patient. CASE PRESENTATION We report a case with co-existence of distal ulnar and rad...