Osteoid osteoma of the patella. Case report and review of the literature.
Osteoid osteoma is a benign, bone-forming tumor. The diaphyses of the long bones are the sites of predilection (at least 50% of all cases occurring in the femur and the tibia). Also this lesion has a male preponderance and the majority of cases present in the second and third decade. We represent an unusual localization of osteoid osteoma in the patella of a 51-year old woman.
Chalazonitis
Athanasios N
AN
Hippocration General Hospital Dept of Radiology, Athens, Greece. red-raa@ath.fortnet.gr
Tilentzoglou
Anastasia C
AC
Condilis
Nicolas
N
Tzovara
Joannie
J
Porfyridis
Petros
P
Ptohis
Nikolaos
N
D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D010017:Osteoma, Osteoid / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery*; D010329:Patella / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery*