Zhang Chi, Dai Wenda, Yang Yi, Tang Qi, Yao Zhenjun
Orthopaedic Department, Zhongshan hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China.
Department of Health Care Management and Maternal and Child Health, Shandong University, Ji'nan, Shandong, China.
Intractable Rare Dis Res. 2013 May;2(2):51-54. doi: 10.5582/irdr.2013.v2.2.51.
Melorheostosis is an uncommon, non-genetic, non-developmental, sclerosing dysplasia of bone and adjacent soft tissues, with deformity of the extremity, pain, limb stiffness and limitation of motion. The characteristic radiographic appearance consists of irregular hyperostotic changes of the cortex resembling melted wax dripping down the side of a candle. In this review, clinical characteristics of Melorheostosis are discussed and reports in the Chinese literature are summarized.
骨蜡油样骨病是一种罕见的、非遗传性、非发育性的骨骼及相邻软组织硬化性发育异常疾病,伴有肢体畸形、疼痛、肢体僵硬和活动受限。其特征性的影像学表现为皮质骨不规则的骨质增生改变,类似融化的蜡从蜡烛一侧滴下。在本综述中,讨论了骨蜡油样骨病的临床特征,并总结了中文文献中的报道。