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REPORT OF CASES

HUGH L. DWYER, M.D.

Am J Dis Child. 1920;19(3):189-200.

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Until a comparatively recent time, the disease characterized by the formation of multiple cartilaginous exostoses was thought to be a rare affection. Gibney¹ reported the first case in this country in 1875, and in the following year recorded the occurrence of the disease in several members of a family. In 1917, Ehrenfried² reported twelve cases and reviewed the literature on the subject. He found that only twenty-nine cases had been reported in America up to that time, and that about forty-two additional cases were mentioned in the discussions. This report stimulated interest in the subject, and case reports during the past two years have been more numerous.

In the cases described, all degrees of associated distortions and deformities of the skeleton are depicted, from the occurrence of simple multiple bony growths causing no particular disturbance, to the occurrence of marked deformities, shortening of the limbs, dwarfing, and associated . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
KANSAS CITY, MO.

Footnotes
For permission to study these cases I am indebted to Dr. Roger H. Dennett, Director of the Pediatric Clinic. New York Postgraduate Hospital.

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