title: Osteoid osteomas of the hand. Report of three cases and review of the literature.
abstract: Osteoid osteoma is infrequently localized to the hand. Initially the lesion causes unspecific symptoms, and the radiographic changes are discrete. Three cases were seen during a period of 5 years. Bone scintigraphy was a useful diagnostic tool, and CT facilitated the identification of the nidus. One of the lesions was a double nidus osteoid osteoma of the scaphoid bone. Only 12 instances of multifocal osteoid osteomas have been reported, none of which was localized to the carpal bones.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Sabbatsbergs Sjukhus, Stockholm, Sweden.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Muren
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Höglund
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Engkvist
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Juhlin
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001859:Bone Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D002348:Carpal Bones / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D005260:Female; D006225:Hand / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010017:Osteoma, Osteoid / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed