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- Title
The dripping candle wax sign of melorheostosis.
- Authors
Hoang, Van Trung; Van, Hoang Anh Thi; Chansomphou, Vichit; Trinh, Cong Thao
- Abstract
Melorheostosis is a rare benign bone disease including dysostosis and sclerosis. Dripping candle wax presence is a common and typical sign of melorheostosis. This sign appears as irregular hyperostosis of the cortical bone which is likened to melted wax flowing down one side of a candle. It can sometimes cause pain, stiffness joint, or limitation of motion in the affected areas implicitly but mostly has no symptoms. It is usually observed on plain radiography; its appearance is generally hyperplasia on one side of the bone. We report a 33-year-old male who has an incidental diagnosis of melorheostosis post-trauma.
- Publication
SAGE Open Medical Case Reports, 2020, Vol 8, p1
- ISSN
2050-313X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1177/2050313X20940564