Name : Samantha C. (Mother, Angie)
Child: 8 years old
Location: Fairland,
Indiana
Area(s) affected: Left knee
Personal History:
My daughter was just
recently diagnosed with melorheostosis. It was found incidentally, after a
fall I took her to the er to get her knee checked out and make sure nothing
was injured. They took an x-ray of her left knee and the er doctor came in
to do his exam and was asking her if she has had any pain in that area
before this accident. At the time I was thinking why would pain
before have anything to do with her injury today. She told him she has
not had any pain before. He then told us an area showed up on her x-ray of a
very dense area that was very concerning. He showed me the x-ray and it was
very obvious to me where this area was. The area of the femur bone where the
growth plate is, it is between the growth plate and the bottom of that bone
where the knee is. It is inside the bone. This happened on a weekend so I
called the ortho office first thing Monday morning and they were able to see
her the same day. This doctor was not sure what to make of it but knew there
was definitly something and wanted her to have an MRI and see thier child
specialist, so an appointment was made for the MRI and to see the other
doctor. A few days after the MRI we go to see the child specialist. He said
there was something that came up on the MRI he told us the word and I could
not remember what he had said it was but that he had heard of it but knew
nothing about it. He then referred us to an Orthopedics specialist Dr. Wurtz
at Riley Hospital for kids. After getting the MRI results we were told she
has this rare bone disease melorheostitis. They said her case is little more
unusual because it is on the inside of the bone. So now I am trying to find
all the information I possibly can as to learn more about this. She has
walked on her tippy toes for quite some time and after reading some of the
information I guess this is one of the things that can occur, short tendons.
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