Dysplasia Epiphysealis Hemimelica with Chondromas and Osteochondromas

Alternative Names

  • Osteochondromatosis, Dominant Carpotarsal
  • Dominant Carpotarsal Osteochondromatosis
  • DCO
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WHO-ICD-10 version:2010

Neoplasms

Neoplasms of uncertain or unknown behaviour

OMIM Number

127820

Mode of Inheritance

Autosomal dominant

Description

Dominant carpotarsal osteochondromatosis (DCO) is a hereditary skeletal disorder characterized by abnormal bone proliferation and osteochondromas arising from the epiphysis or epiphyseal-equivalent areas in the hands and feet. This is an extremely rare disorder, with only a handful of affected families having been reported around the world.

The disorder is differentiated from the phenotypically similar sporadic dysplasia epiphysealis hemimelica by its hereditary nature. DCO is transmitted in an autosomal dominant manner. This differentiation is important, since genetic counseling would be very different for the two disorders.

Epidemiology in the Arab World

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Other Reports

Kuwait

Fahmy and Pandey (2008) described a family in which three members were affected with a variant of DCO. The affected patients included a 10-year old girl, her father, and his cousin. The patients showed the presence of multiple parosteal osteochondromatous proliferations. This family had several significant differences from other previously reported families with DCO, including the absence of carpal or upper limb epiphyseal osteochondromas. Fahmy and Pandey (2008) speculated that the condition could either be a variant of DCO or a separate entity.

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