title: [Solitary osteochondroma of the scapula. A rare differential diagnosis with unspecific shoulder pain].
abstract: Solitary osteochondroma of the scapula is rare. Because of the atypical location with unspecific shoulder pain, the diagnosis is often made late. We present a 35 year old patient with a solitary ostochondroma of the scapula with unspecific pain of the shoulder-neck region over about 4 years. In a thorax x-ray 2 years ago, a tumor like lesion was found. CT and MRI scan led to suspicion of a solitary osteochondroma of the scapula. Because of progressive thoracic pressure pain, a wide excision was made. The problems of diagnosis and therapy are presented and the literature is discussed.
authors.affiliation: Unfall- und Wiederherstellungschirurgie, Universitätsklinikum Greifswald. Gfroerer@uni-greifswald.de
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Gfrörer
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Seifert
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Matthes
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ekkernkamp
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Hinz
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001859:Bone Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D019902:Chondrocytes / Q000473:pathology; D006411:Hematopoiesis, Extramedullary; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D015831:Osteochondroma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D012540:Scapula / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D036542:Tomography, Spiral Computed