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| Year : 2020 | Volume
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| Issue : 6 | Page : 1447--1449 |
Familial Giant Enchondroma of Thoracic Spine: A Rare Manifestation of a Rare Disease
Saswat K Dandpat1, Abhidha Shah1, Dikpal Jadhav1, Naina Goel2, Atul Goel1
1 Department of Neurosurgery, Seth G S Medical College and KEM Hospital, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
2 Department of Neuropathology, Seth G S Medical College and KEM Hospital, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Correspondence Address:
Dr. Abhidha Shah
Department of Neurosurgery, Seth G S Medical College and KEM Hospital, Mumbai, Maharashtra
India
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DOI: 10.4103/0028-3886.304070
We present a rare case of spinal enchondromatosis in a 15-year-old boy. The patient presented with spastic paraparesis. He also had multiple bony swellings over the long bones. On inquiry it was found that his father had enchondromatosis. Such a familial form of enchondromatosis has not been previously described in the literature.
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