title: Osteoid osteoma. Diagnosis, localization, and treatment.
abstract: The preoperative insertion of a needle under computed tomographic scan, performed under local anesthesia, is a convenient and important new way to localize the nidus in osteoid osteoma. It necessitates less bone removal, which should reduce the postoperative fracture rate. It should also help to locate the lesion during surgery. Some clinical points and previously unstressed pathologic findings are also discussed.
authors.affiliation: Memorial Hospital Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York.
authors.forename: R C
authors.initials: RC
authors.lastname: Marcove
authors.forename: R T
authors.initials: RT
authors.lastname: Heelan
authors.forename: A G
authors.initials: AG
authors.lastname: Huvos
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Healey
authors.forename: B G
authors.initials: BG
authors.lastname: Lindeque
mesh_terms: D001241:Aspirin; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007432:Intraoperative Period; D009339:Needles; D010017:Osteoma, Osteoid / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
chemical_list: D001241:Aspirin