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Hemimelic Epiphyseal Dysplasia

Tarso-Epiphyseal Aclasia; Dysplastic Epiphyseal Osteochondromas

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Bone and Soft Tissue Tumors

Abstract

This is an infantile and usually monomelic developmental disorder, characterized by tumor-like osteocartilaginous masses growing from the surface of epiphyses or tarsal bones.

From he greek a-clasia = absent destruction.

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Campanacci, M. (1999). Hemimelic Epiphyseal Dysplasia. In: Bone and Soft Tissue Tumors. Springer, Vienna. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-7091-3846-5_11

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