title: [Osteoid osteoma of the coronoid process causing flexion contracture of the elbow].
abstract: Osteoid osteoma is one of the benign osteoblastic lesions that causes chronic pain. Diagnosis may be delayed in juxta-articular lesions in which characteristic radiographic findings may not be present, resulting in limited joint motion. A 23-year-old patient presented with a complaint of pain in the right elbow of one-year history. He sought medical treatment at another center and was prescribed non-steroidal anti-inflammatory treatment that resulted in significant pain relief; however, limitations of elbow motion ensued. On physical examination, there was pain in the antecubital part of the right elbow on palpation and a flexion contracture of 30 degrees. Findings of computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging were consistent with osteoid osteoma. The lesion was excised and postoperative controls showed no flexion contracture.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopedics and Traumatology, Sişli Etfal Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey.
authors.forename: Senol
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Akman
authors.forename: Mesut Mehmet
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Sönmez
authors.forename: Faik Mustafa
authors.initials: FM
authors.lastname: Seçkin
authors.forename: Ramazan Erden
authors.initials: RE
authors.lastname: Ertürer
authors.forename: Irfan
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Oztürk
mesh_terms: D003286:Contracture / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D004551:Elbow Joint / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D010017:Osteoma, Osteoid / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D010146:Pain / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D055815:Young Adult