title: Two cases of osteochondroma recurrence after surgical resection.
abstract: Osteochondromas are the most common bone tumor found in children. A review of 114 resected osteochondromas over a 10-year period revealed recurrence in 2 cases. The overall recurrence rate of these lesions is less than 2% and was found to be 1.8% in this review.
authors.affiliation: Doctors Hospital, Columbus, Ohio, USA.
authors.forename: E T
authors.initials: ET
authors.lastname: Humbert
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Mehlman
authors.forename: A H
authors.initials: AH
authors.lastname: Crawford
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D005266:Femoral Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local; D015831:Osteochondroma / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D012189:Retrospective Studies