Osteoid osteoma in the scaphoid bone as cause of radiocarpal pain in a 15-year-old patient

Osteoid osteomas are benign bone tumors which rarely occur in the hand and impose severe diagnostic problems. The course of the disease is often protracted before the patient receives an adequate surgical treatment. The case of an osteoid osteoma in the scaphoid bone of a 15-year-old patient is pres...

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Published in:Der Unfallchirurg 2018-06, Vol.121 (6), p.497
Main Authors: Jaehn, T, Sievers, R, Wanninger, A, Kaiser, J, Kaiser, A, Reichert, B
Format: Article
Language:ger
Subjects:
Adolescent
Bone Neoplasms - complications
Bone Neoplasms - diagnosis
Humans
Osteoma, Osteoid - complications
Osteoma, Osteoid - diagnosis
Pain - etiology
Scaphoid Bone
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Summary:Osteoid osteomas are benign bone tumors which rarely occur in the hand and impose severe diagnostic problems. The course of the disease is often protracted before the patient receives an adequate surgical treatment. The case of an osteoid osteoma in the scaphoid bone of a 15-year-old patient is presented, who was completely symptom free after a true diagnostic odyssey by resection of the nidus and reconstruction by crest bone graft and spongiosaplasty.
ISSN:1433-044X
DOI:10.1007/s00113-018-0479-6