Melorheostosis

Case contributed by Ahmed Elhusseiny
Diagnosis almost certain

Presentation

Wrist pain, no trauma.

Patient Data

Age: 16 years
Gender: Female
mri

Eccentric well-defined lesion involving the lateral aspect of the distal radius. It displays low signal on all pulse sequences with a rim of high signal on the PD FS images. No soft tissue component.

ct

On CT, the lesion is densely sclerotic with a narrow zone of transition. There is associated perisoteal cortical thickening. No pathological fractures seen.

Case Discussion

The lesion was biopsied and histopathological analysis confirmed the diagnosis of melorheostosis.

Melorheostosis, also known as Leri disease, is an uncommon mesenchymal dysplasia manifesting as regions of sclerosing bone with a characteristic dripping wax appearance (a.k.a. flowing candle wax appearance). 

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