Medical Image Database, Radiology Teaching Files and Cases, MedPix®: image

Table = card
Medical Image Database, Radiology Teaching Files and Cases, MedPix®: image 23.22.76.170 .

. Some Images are Copyright © 1999 - 2006 by the Original Image Contributor.

Hereditary Multiple Exostoses
AP. XR - Plain Film.
Multiple well-defined pedunculated exophytic lesions project from the metaphyseal region of the distal femur and proximal tibia, oriented away from the left knee joint. There is medullary continuity with the bone of origin. The epiphyses and joints are uninvolved. Well-defined osseus excrescence of the right fibular head which has medullary continuity with the fibula, and very little if any osteoid matrix. The lesion wraps around the tibia posteriorly, and causes deformity of the tibia but no invasion/destruction. Similar lesions are found in the distal tibae bilaterally, causing deformity of the adjacent fibulae. (ID = 52350 )
ACR Index Code: 4 . 3
Image Contributor or Source: Richard L Becker Image/Caption Prepared/Submitted by: Richard L Becker Approved By: James G. Smirniotopoulos, M.D. -
Image Navigator

* Case Summary: View All Images and Patient Profile * Want more about this topic? Read the Disease Factoid: 8704

, Checking Your Permissions, You are authorized to:

Use this for Comments and Suggestions

MedPix® is sponsored by the Department of Radiology and Radiological Sciences, USUHS, Bethesda, MD
We do not accept paid advertisements.

We comply with the HONcode standard
for trustworthy health information:
verify here.

MedPix® is a Registered Trademark of USUHS

The MedPix® Database Engine is Patented - USPTO No. 7,080,098
Portions of MedPix® are Copyright © 1999 - 2013 by J.G. Smirniotopoulos, M.D. & H. Irvine, M.D.
The MedPix® Classification Schema Copyright © 1999 - 2013 by J.G.Smirniotopoulos,M.D.

MedPix® has displayed more than 1,002,621,922 pages since 3 September 2000.

Database Successfully Disconnected