title: Injuries from palm tree thorn simulating tumoral or pseudotumoral bone lesions.
abstract: Three cases of bone changes caused by foreign bodies that appeared to be tumoral lesions or pseudotumors, were observed in young male patients who presented with pain, localized inflammation, and radiographic and bone scan findings suggestive of tumoral or pseudotumoral lesions. Accurate diagnosis was made at surgery when the foreign body was retrieved. Following removal of the foreign body, postoperative recovery was satisfactory. The common causative agent in all these cases was a palm tree thorn.
authors.affiliation: Hospital San Pedro Alcántara, Cáceres, Spain.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Vega Curiel
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Villaverde Romon
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Carrillo Lucia
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ruiz del Portal Bermudo
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Carranza Bencano
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001859:Bone Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D001842:Bone and Bones / Q000473:pathology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery; D005549:Foreign-Body Reaction; D006104:Granuloma, Plasma Cell / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D014197:Trees