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This is constituted by the anomaly of the growth and enchondral ossification of one or more epiphyses and/or tarsal bones, is infantile and monomelic, characterized by the development of tumorlike osteocartilaginous masses Fig. 153. (a) Boy aged 6 years.
From the Greek a-clasia = absent destruction.
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Campanacci, M., Bertoni, F., Bacchini, P. (1990). Hemimelic Epiphyseal Dysplasia. In: Bone and Soft Tissue Tumors. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-29279-2_10
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