title: Bursal osteochondromatosis overlaying an osteochondroma in the immature skeleton.
abstract: A rare case of bursal osteochondromatosis overlying an osteochondroma located at the proximal third of the left tibia in a 10-year-old boy is described. The treatment was operative by marginal resection of the affected bursa and marginal en bloc resection of the osteochondroma. The patient remains symptom and complication free 8 years postoperatively with no sign of recurrence of both lesions. This is the first reported case of a bursal osteochondromatosis overlying an osteochondroma in a developing skeleton, thus rendering this type of lesion one among the possible differential diagnoses that should be considered when dealing with relative diagnostic dilemmas in immature patients.
authors.affiliation: 3rd Orthopaedic Department of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Papageorgiou General Hospital, N. Efkarpia, 3 Natalias Mela str., 546 46 Thessaloniki, Greece.
authors.forename: John M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Kirkos
authors.forename: Kyriakos A
authors.initials: KA
authors.lastname: Papavasiliou
authors.forename: Margaritis J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Kyrkos
authors.forename: George A
authors.initials: GA
authors.lastname: Kapetanos
mesh_terms: D002061:Bursa, Synovial; D002648:Child; D006801:Humans; D007592:Joint Diseases / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D018216:Osteochondromatosis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery