Nonoperative Management of Multiple Hand Enchondromas in Ollier Disease With Progressive Ossification

Am J Orthop (Belle Mead NJ). 2015 Sep;44(9):E343-6.

Abstract

Ollier disease, or multiple enchondromatosis, has a distinct hallmark of disease variability and requires individualized patient treatment. This is a case report of an 18-year-old woman with Ollier disease isolated to her left hand that was treated nonoperatively for 8 years and followed with serial radiographs. Prognosis of Ollier disease limited to the bones of the hands is believed to be very good: only 12 cases of transformation to chondrosarcoma have been reported in the literature. However, a recent large retrospective multi-institutional study estimated a 15% lifetime risk of developing a malignancy at these locations.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Bone and Bones / diagnostic imaging*
  • Child
  • Disease Progression
  • Enchondromatosis / diagnostic imaging
  • Enchondromatosis / therapy*
  • Female
  • Hand / diagnostic imaging*
  • Humans
  • Prognosis
  • Radiography
  • Watchful Waiting
  • Young Adult