Exostoses Of Heel

Gould (1942) described the condition in grandfather, father and son, i.e., males of 3 generations. X-rays were not described. Exostosis of the heel, possibly of the same type, is a manifestation of the Reiter syndrome, a rheumatic disorder that shows a high order of association with a specific HLA type (142800), namely B27 (Brewerton et al., 1973; McClusky et al., 1984; Woodrow et al., 1974). Thus might familial aggregation be accounted for.