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Synonyms

• A number of Enchondromatosis
• Numerous Cartilaginous Enchondroses
• Dyschondroplasia
• Enchondromatosis

Disorder Class

• None

General Discussion
Ollier illness is a rare skeletal disorder characterized by irregular bone advancement (skeletal dysplasia). While this disorder may be present at birth (genetic); it may not become apparent up until very early childhood when signs, such as defects or improper limb development, are more noticeable. Ollier illness mostly impacts the lengthy bones and also cartilage material of the joints of the legs and arms, specifically the area where the shaft as well as head of a long bone satisfy (metaphyses). The hips is usually entailed; or even a lot more rarely, the ribs, bust bone (sternum), and/or skull may additionally be influenced.

Ollier condition manifests as more than healthy development of the cartilage in the lengthy bones of the legs as well as arms to make sure that development is abnormal as well as the external layer (cortical bone) of the bone ends up being thin and also a lot more breakable. These masses of cartilage are benign (non-cancerous) lumps called enchondromas. Enchondromas might happen at anytime. After the age of puberty these growths maintain as cartilage is replaced by bone. In unusual cases, the enchondromas may undergo malignant adjustments (e.g., chondrosarcomas). The specific cause of Ollier illness is not known, although in many cases it might be acquired as an autosomal dominant genetic attribute.

When the enchondromas of Ollier Disease are gone along with by considerable, frequently benign, expansion of capillary (hemangiomas), the selection of signs is referred to as Maffucci Syndrome.