title: Soft tissue edema in osteoid osteoma.
abstract: Four cases of osteoid osteomas are presented. An uncharacteristic magnetic resonance finding of soft tissue edema is reported. This observation should not be misinterpreted as indicating a more aggressive pathologic process and, thereby, exclude osteoid osteoma from the differential.
authors.affiliation: Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut 06510.
authors.forename: J C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Biebuyck
authors.forename: L D
authors.initials: LD
authors.lastname: Katz
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: McCauley
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001859:Bone Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003240:Connective Tissue Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D003951:Diagnostic Errors; D004487:Edema / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D010017:Osteoma, Osteoid / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*