title: [Femur overgrowth as presentation of an osteoid osteoma].
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Osteoid osteoma is a benign tumor that typically produces night pain that improves with salicilates. This condition, rarely affects children younger than 5 years-old.
  
  
  METHODS
  We present a 2-year-old boy with lower limb discrepancy due to overgrowth of the femur as first manifestation of an osteoid osteoma. The patient did not complain of pain. The tumor localization was intramedular, and diagnosis was confirmed by pathology after broad resection of the tumor.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This case report shows an unusual presentation of an osteoid osteoma in a young patient, with lower limb discrepancy caused by overgrowth of the femur in absence of pain.
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Ortopedia y Traumatología, Centro Médico Dr. Julián Manzur Ocana del Instituto de Seguridad Social del Estado de Tabasco, Villahermosa, Tabasco, México. pedro29063@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Pedro
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Nájera-Martínez
authors.forename: Rodolfo Susano
authors.initials: RS
authors.lastname: Aguirre-Hernández
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Bulnes-Mendizábal
mesh_terms: D002675:Child, Preschool; D006801:Humans; D007870:Leg Length Inequality / Q000209:etiology*; D008297:Male; D010017:Osteoma, Osteoid / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis