Hereditary Multiple Exostoses Community

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Multiple Hereditary Exostoses / Multiple Osteochondroma is a rare genetic bone condition in which multiple benign cartilage-capped bone tumors called exostoses / osteochondromas develop. They grow outward from the metaphyses of long bones, growth plates or from the surface of flat bones throughout the body.

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Multiple Hereditary Exostoses, MHE, Multiple Osteochondroma, MO, Hereditary Multiple Exostoses, HME, Multiple Hereditary (Exostosis), Osteochondromatosis, Osteochondromata, Multiple Carthaginous Exostoses (Exostosis), Multiple Osteochondromatosis, Diaphyseal Aclasis, Bessel-Hagen Disease

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