title: Nora's lesion. Clinical and therapeutic considerations.
abstract: In this article we report a case of bizarre paraosteal osteochondromatous proliferation (BPOP), also known as Nora's lesion, arising on the distal phalanx of the fifth finger of the hand in a young-adult subject. In this paper, we discuss the possible therapeutic programme related to the grade of severity of the clinical features and underline the rarity of this lesion and the difficulty of diagnosis, which is exclusively histological.
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Methodology and Medical-Surgical Technologies, Operative Units of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, University General Hospital, Via Napoli 215, I-70123, Bari, Italy. b.moretti@ortop2.uniba.it
authors.forename: Biagio
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Moretti
authors.forename: Angelo
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Di Giovanni
authors.forename: Fabio
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Martino
authors.forename: Lorenzo
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Moretti
authors.forename: Silvio
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Patella
authors.forename: Vittorio
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Patella
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001859:Bone Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D050278:Finger Phalanges; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D015831:Osteochondroma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery