A Case of Hereditary Multiple Osteochondromatosis / 대한정형외과학회잡지

ABSTRACT

Multiple osteochondromatosis is a hereditary disorder affecting the endochondral skeleton during period of growth. We have studied a family which have multiple osteochondromatosis clinically and radiologically. In this family, eight of ten members could traceable, have the lesions of multiple osteochondromatosis. The most common site of the lesions was in femur, and the next common site was in tibia, especially, near the knee joint.