title: Chronic persistent knee pain after repeated diagnostic arthroscopy: osteoid osteoma, a primarily overlooked diagnosis in a young woman.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of General and Visceral Surgery, University of Jena, Germany.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kornberg
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Stangl
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Scheele
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Hammer
mesh_terms: 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