Classical and unusual imaging appearances of melorheostosis

Melorheostosis and a review of the literature in China

“…Though the etiology of Melorheostosis remains unknown, research indicates that women and men are affected equally by the disorder, and it usually presents after early childhood. As was reported in the English literature, Melorheostosis occurs at about 0.9 cases per million population and is a very uncommon disease (9). But unfortunately, we failed to find any study that investigated the incidence of melorheostosis in the Chinese population.…”

“…Melorheostosis is also known by other synonyms such as candle disease of the bone, and osteosis eburnisans monomelica (7,8). Until now, there have been about 400 cases reported in the English literature (9).…”

Melorheostosis: Two atypical cases

“…Review of literature reveals symptomatic cases may present with scoliosis, stiffness, back pain, progressive myelopathy, radiculopathy, giddiness, and symptoms of vertebrobasilar insufficiency. [5678910] Soft tissue abnormalities consisting of osseous, chondroid, vascular, and fibrocartilaginous tissue have been reported in 76% of cases of melorheostosis. Vascular and lymphatic malformations associated with melorheostosis have been enlisted in Table 1.…”

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“…The disease may cause progressive joint stiffness [2]. The incidence of the disease is 0.9 cases per million.…”

“…The incidence of the disease is 0.9 cases per million. The disease affects both sex and all ages equally, and is associated with functional morbidity [2,3]. Dysplasia mostly starts since childhood and typically involved unilateral limbs with higher prevalence in lower extremities than upper extremities [2,4].…”