Chronic persistent knee pain after repeated diagnostic arthroscopy: osteoid osteoma, a primarily overlooked diagnosis in a young woman.
We report a case of osteoid osteoma of the distal femur in an adolescent female patient that was primarily overlooked and led to repeated diagnostic arthroscopy of the knee. A thorough history and physical examination of the joint as well as adequate roentgenographic studies could have spared this patient two unnecessary arthroscopies and indicated the correct therapy.
Kornberg
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Department of General and Visceral Surgery, University of Jena, Germany.
Stangl
M
M
Scheele
J
J
Hammer
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C
D000293:Adolescent; D002908:Chronic Disease; D005260:Female; D005266:Femoral Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007719:Knee Joint / Q000473:pathology*; D010017:Osteoma, Osteoid / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery*; D010146:Pain / Q000209:etiology; D012086:Reoperation