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Synovial Chondromatosis, The Alfred I. duPont Institute

Osgood-Schlatter Disease
* Originally described simultaneously by Osgood and Schlatter in 1903
* Lesion affects adolescent apophysis of proximal tibia (particularly in young athletes)
* More commonly affects boys than girls (3:1)
* Boys are older at presentation...

* Etiology thought to be traction apophysitis secondary to repetitive microtrauma with partial avulsion, inflammation and new bone formation at the ligament insertion.
* Must differentiate from malignancy, infection, fracture, tendonitis and Sindling-Larsen- Johansson Disease.
* Should be referred to...

Diagnosis Focal dermal hypoplasia (Goltz syndrome). Multiple defects of extremities. Left leg: the rudiment of the foot is attached to fibula ( to the minor shin bone).The big toe grows separately and is attached to the side of tibiax (to the major shin bone).[The girl actually steps on the...

Infantile cortical hyperostosis D Suri, D Dayal and M Singh Advanced Pediatrics Center, -160012, India; Keywords: Caffeys disease A 14 week old male infant presented with multiple tender bony swellings involving the legs, forearm, and lower jaw since 1 month of age (fig 1). No history of fever, trauma, or child...

Indian Pediatrics 2005; 42:64-66 Abstract: Infantile cortical hyperostosis (Caffey disease) is characterized by radiological evidence of cortical hyperostosis, soft tissue swellings, fever and irritability. We report a case of Caffey disease highlighting its presentation as pyrexia of unknown origin, appearance on radionuclide bone scintigraphy and our unsatisfactory experience of...

Diastrophic Dysplasia

Multiple Epiphyseal Dysplasia

SPONDYLO-EPI-METAPHYSEAL DYSPLASIA WITH JOINT LAXITY

Heterotopic Bone Formation, The Alfred I. duPont Institute

Multiple Epiphyseal Dysplasia, The Alfred I. duPont Institute

DIASTROPHIC DYSPLASIA