Well, the good news is BB doesn't have to have surgery right now. I guess the bad news is that his problems with his arm can't be fixed by surgery... We saw the orthopedic surgeon yesterday and after examining him and his X-rays, basically the 'bumps' are not causing his ulna to grow slower than his radius thus making his arm slightly bowed and shorter (about 1 cm right now) than his left arm. It's all related since it is problems with the growth plate. Anyway, he didn't think surgery was necessary at this point and as he put it, there's almost nothing we do with our arms the same length... So, we'll re-evaluate in a year and check on any others that might be causing problems.
Here's a little background on the condition, although if you're in my family you're probably pretty familiar with it!
An osteochondroma is a cartilage covered bony excrescence (exostosis) that arises from a surface of a bone. Osteochondromas are the most common bone tumors in children, they may be solitary or multiple, and they may arise spontaneously or as a result of previous osseous trauma. An osteochondroma can affect any bone preformed in cartilage.
The true prevalence of solitary osteochondromas is not known because many asymptomatic lesions are never diagnosed. Hereditary multiple exostoses (HME) is an inherited autosomal dominant disorder in which multiple osteochondromas are seen throughout the skeleton.
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