Florid reactive periostitis of the hands.
Reactive periostitis of the hand can be a confounding lesion on both radiological and histological grounds. An erroneous diagnosis of a malignant tumor, particularly an osteosarcoma, is a possibility. Two cases of florid reactive periostitis of the hand mistaken for osteosarcoma are reported here to illustrate this entity and caution against a diagnostic pitfall.
Jambhekar
Nirmala A
NA
Department of Pathology, Tata Memorial Hospital, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.
Desai
Saral S
SS
Puri
Ajay
A
Agarwal
Manish
M
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001859:Bone Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis; D003951:Diagnostic Errors; D005260:Female; D006225:Hand / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D012516:Osteosarcoma / Q000175:diagnosis; D010522:Periostitis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D015641:Radiography, Interventional