Intracortical haemangioma simulating osteoid osteoma.
A case of intracortical haemangioma in the tibial diaphysis is reported. The radiological and macroscopic features were identical with osteoid osteoma. In view of this similarity, haemangiomata, despite their rarity at this site, must be considered in the differential diagnosis of osteoid osteoma.
D001859:Bone Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006391:Hemangioma / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D010017:Osteoma, Osteoid / Q000175:diagnosis*; D013977:Tibia