| Melorheostosis | |
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| Specialty | Rheumatology  |
Melorheostosis is a medical developmental disorder and mesenchymal dysplasia in which the bony cortex widens and becomes hyperdense in a sclerotomal distribution. The condition begins in childhood and is characterized by thickening of the bones. Pain is a frequent symptom and the bone can have the appearance of dripping candle wax.[1]
- ^ "Definition of Melorheostosis". Medicinenet.com. Archived from the original on 10 September 2017. Retrieved 9 July 2018.