Multicentric osteoid osteoma with a nidus located in the epiphysis.

Abstract

We present a 13-year-old girl who was referred to our clinic with a 5-month history of right leg pain relieved by salicylates. Initial CT examination demonstrated a lesion in the posterior tibial cortex in keeping with an osteoid osteoma. This was resected and the diagnosis confirmed by histology. However, her pain recurred 2 weeks after the operation and further imaging identified a further nidus in the epiphysis. We present the imaging findings in this unique case of multicentric osteoid osteoma with one nidus located in the epiphysis.

• Authors: Cüneyt Tamam, Düzgün Yildirim, Muge Tamam
• Journal: Pediatric radiology (Pediatr Radiol) Vol. 39 Issue 11 Pg. 1238-41 (Nov 2009) ISSN: 1432-1998 [Electronic] Germany
• PMID: 20135847 (Publication Type: Case Reports, Journal Article)

Topics

• Adolescent
• Bone Neoplasms (diagnosis)
• Epiphyses (diagnostic imaging, pathology)
• Female
• Humans
• Magnetic Resonance Imaging
• Neoplasms, Multiple Primary (diagnosis)
• Osteoma, Osteoid (diagnosis)
• Tibia (diagnostic imaging, pathology)
• Tomography, X-Ray Computed