Synonym(s)
Dyschondroplasia; Enchondromatosis; Enchondromatosis Ollier; Hemichondrodystrophy; Ollier disease; Ollier M.; Ollier's disease; Ollier's syndrome; Osteochondromatosis Syndromes; subungual enchondrome
HistoryThis section has been translated automatically.
Ollier, 1900
DefinitionThis section has been translated automatically.
Skeletal dysplasia is characterized by multiple enchondromas, which occur predominantly on one side of the body and are associated with impaired longitudinal growth. Some authors regard the disease as part of the Maffucci syndrome.
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Occurrence/EpidemiologyThis section has been translated automatically.
Very rare. Incidence: 1/1 million inhabitants/year.
EtiopathogenesisThis section has been translated automatically.
Not clear.
Clinical featuresThis section has been translated automatically.
Extremities shortened on one side. Often multiple enchondromas and hemangiomas in the affected bones.
Progression/forecastThis section has been translated automatically.
Occasional spontaneous fractures.
LiteratureThis section has been translated automatically.
- Al-Ismail K et al (2002) Ollier's disease in association with adjacent fibromatosis. Skeletal radiol 31: 479-483
- Auyeung J et al (2003) Maffucci lymphangioma syndrome: an unusual variant of Ollier's disease, a case report and a review of the literature. J Pediatric Orthopaedic Surgery B 12: 147-150
- Nguyen BD (2004) Ollier disease with synchronous multicentric chondrosarcomas: scintigraphic and radiologic demonstration. Clin Nucl Med 29: 45-47
- Ollier M (1900) De la dyschondrosplasie. Bull Soc Chir Lyon 3: 22-27
- Schwarz W et al (2002) Multiple enchondromatosis: Ollier's disease. Trauma surgeon 105: 1139-1142
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