Osseous lesion simulating a bone tumour due to an unsuspected fragment of wood in the foot.
A case is reported in which an osteolytic lesion in the third metatarsal bone was proved at operation to be the result of an injury by a splinter of wood which had remained embedded in the tissues. A short review of the relevant literature is appended.
D000293:Adolescent; D001859:Bone Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D001862:Bone Resorption / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004487:Edema / Q000601:surgery; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D005549:Foreign-Body Reaction / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008684:Metatarsus / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D010014:Osteolysis / Q000175:diagnosis*; D011859:Radiography