| Maffucci syndrome is a really rare disorder. | | | | malformations frequently protrude as soft nodules |
| Maffucci syndrome is a disorder which affects the | | | | or tumors usually on the distal extremities, but |
| skin and skeleton, causing benign cartilage tumors, | | | | they can appear anywhere. Maffucci syndrome |
| bone deformities, and dark hemangiomas to grow. | | | | appears to be sporadically inherited. Maffucci |
| Maffucci syndrome is characterized by benign | | | | syndrome has three main types of symptoms. |
| overgrowths of cartilage skeletal deformities, and | | | | Venous malformation may be superficial or deep. |
| dark red, irregular shaped patches of skin, | | | | If in the skin they frequently protrude as soft |
| resulting from benign growths on the skin | | | | bluish bumps. Benign cartilage tumor may show |
| consisting of a accumulation of blood vessels | | | | anywhere in the body, but are most often found |
| (hemangiomas). Maffucci syndrome affects both | | | | on the hands or feet, or long bones of the arms |
| males and females. Patients are normal at birth | | | | or legs. The enchondroma may reason the bone |
| and the syndrome manifests during childhood and | | | | to weaken and break. Bone deformities may |
| puberty. | | | | comprise shortened length of the long bones, |
| The enchondromas involve the extremities and | | | | resulting in imbalanced arm or leg lengths. Bones |
| their distribution is asymmetrical. Disfigurations of | | | | may also break because they are weak, and |
| the extremities are a consequence. Pathological | | | | when they heal, they may not support well. |
| fractures can occur in affected metaphyses and | | | | Treatment is not indicated in asymptomatic |
| diaphses of the long bones and are common | | | | patients if there is no evidence of any malignant |
| (26%). The risk for sarcomatous degeneration of | | | | transformations. Surgical interventions can right or |
| enchondromas, hemangiomas, or lymphangiomas | | | | minimize deformities. |
| is 15-30%.Superficial and deep venous | | | | |