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Hereditary Multiple Exostoses

Hereditary Multiple Exostoses (HME) is a medical condition whereby multiple exostoses (bony spurs or lumps, also known as osteochondromas) develop on the bones of a child. Generally, when a person with HME reaches maturity, and their bones stop growing, the exostoses also stop growing.

It is estimated to occur in 1 person in 50,000. A person with HME is more likely to develop a form of bone cancer called chrondosarcoma as an adult.

It is an autosomal dominant disorder.

If necessary, the exostoses can be removed by surgery.

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Corrections
From Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, 11/1/00

Bobak P, Wroblewski BM, Siney PD, Fleming PA, Hall R. Charnley low-friction arthroplasty with an autograft of the femoral head for developmental dysplasia of the hip.

J Bone Joint Surg [Br] 2000;82-B:508-11.

On page 510 of this article the caption to Figures 1a and 1b should have identified the illustrations as Hartofilikadis type--B hips.

Rohlmann A, Bergmann G, Graichen F, Weber U. Changes in the loads on an internal spinal fixator after iliac-crest autograft.

J Bone Joint Surg [Br] 2000;82-B:445-9.

Figure 2, printed on page 447 of this article, was incomplete; the entire figure and caption are printed below.

Patel VR, Menon DK, Pool RD, Simonis RB. Nonunion of the humerus after failure of surgical treatment.

J Bone Joint Surg [Br] 2000;82-B:977-83.

In reference 10 of this paper, the first authors name was inadvertently spelt McKnee; this should have read McKee.

Kivioja A, Ervasti H, Kinnunen J, Kaitila 1, Wolf M, Bohling WT. Chondrosarcoma in a family with multiple hereditary exostoses.

J Bone Joint Surg [Br] 2000;82-B:261-6.

The order of authors for this paper should be Kivioja A, Wolf M, Ervasti H, Kinnunen J, Bohling WT, Kaitila I.

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