title: A case of a femoral neck tumor: painless osteroid osteoma?
abstract: We report herein a unique, previously unreported, successful outcome for a patient untreated for a tumor affecting a femoral neck considered as painless osteoid osteoma. The lesion was detected by chance at examination for groin injury. Diagnosis was based on the plain radiography, bone scan, and computed tomography. The results of the full blood examination were normal. Neither pharmacomedical nor surgical treatments were given. Two years later, radiological resolution of the lesion was revealed. The patient was observed between 1995 and 2002. We conclude that painless osteoid osteoma should be included in the differential diagnosis of asymptomatic femoral neck lesions. Our case suggests that osteoid osteoma has a tendency to regress over time and that conservative management appears to be a reliable option.
authors.affiliation: Orthopaedic Clinical Hospital, Lovran, Croatia. branko.sestan1@ri.htnet.hr
authors.forename: Branko
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Sestan
authors.forename: Damir
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Matovinovic
authors.forename: Damir
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Miletic
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005266:Femoral Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D005272:Femur Neck / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010017:Osteoma, Osteoid / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D010146:Pain; D011859:Radiography; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging