A child having rare Hereditary Multiple Exostosis with Covid-19 disease: A case study
1 Department of Pediatrics, Kurmitola General Hospital, Cantonment, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
2 RT- PCR lab, Kurmitola General Hospital, Cantonment, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
Case Study
World Journal of Advanced Research and Reviews, 2022, 13(02), 320–324
Article DOI: 10.30574/wjarr.2022.13.2.0138
Publication history:
Received on 05 January 2022; revised on 12 February 2022; accepted on 14 February 2022
Abstract:
Hereditary Multiple Exostosis is a rare bone disease in pediatric age group. It is an autosomal dominant disorder, characterized by excessive bony overgrowth arising from lateral aspect of metaphysis of long bone, covered by a cartilaginous cap. These lesions remain asymptomatic clinically. When symptomatic, a variety of health hazards can arise like chronic pain, skeletal deformity, neuro-vascular compression etc. Malignant transformation is a rare, but feared complication. Diagnosis can be made by simple radiographic examination, when symptoms arise. Treatment is only conservative or surgical. SARS- CoV-2 may infect children with any pre-existing disease, like HME in the same proportion of healthy children. We report a rare case of hereditary multiple exostosis, simultaneously suffering from covid-19 disease, that has not been reported previously.
Keywords:
Hereditary Multiple Exostosis (HME); Osteochondroma; SARS-CoV-2; Covid-19
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