Melorheostosis
Epidemiology
Rare, non-hereditary lesion
- 1: 1 000 000
M = F
Apparent in early childhood and even in the first few days of life
About 50% of persons affected will develop the symptoms by 20 years of age
Aetiology
Unknown
Theory
- lesion arises from an abnormality of the sensory nerve of the affected sclerotome