title: Osteochondroma of the pubic symphysis associated with sexual disturbance.
abstract: Osteochondroma of the pubic symphysis is a rare benign skeletal tumor. We report here a case of an osteochondroma of the pubic symphysis associated with a sexual disturbance, where a computed tomography scan clearly showed a tumor lesion of the pubic symphysis. The case is reported not only because of its rarity but also because it is important that gynecologists should bear this disease in mind, since a patient with this tumor may not visit an orthopedist but a gynecologist.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Koshigaya Hospital, Dokkyo University School of Medicine, Minami-Koshigaya, Koshigaya, Saitama, Japan. hkazu@dokkyomed.ac.jp
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Hoshimoto
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Mitsuya
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ohkura
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001859:Bone Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015831:Osteochondroma / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D011631:Pubic Symphysis; D012735:Sexual Dysfunction, Physiological / Q000209:etiology*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed