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Hereditary Multiple Exostoses
Background
Hereditary Multiple Exostoses: Multiple Hereditary Exostoses; Multiple Osteochondromatosis; Diaphyseal Aclasis
This condition affects the skeleton and is thought to be present in more than 1,000 individuals in over 500 families in the UK.
Affected children and adolescents develop multiple bony spurs with a cap of cartilage (exostoses or osteochondromas) at the end of many bones, especially the long bones of the arms and legs.
