title: Osteoblastoma of body of the talus--Report of a rare case with atypical radiological features.
abstract: Osteoblastoma is a benign bone tumour found commonly in the spine and long tubular bones. Involvement of the talus is uncommon, and when present, is found in the neck of the talus. Osteoblastoma of the body of talus is a very rare entity. We report a young male, presenting as chronic ankle pain, with a radiolucent lesion with a thick periosteal shell in the body of the talus. Analysis of clinical, radiological and histological findings confirmed the diagnosis of osteoblastoma. The case is reported for the rarity of the site and atypical radiological features that osteoblastoma can present with.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedics, SKIMS Medical College, Srinagar, Jammu & Kashmir, India.
authors.forename: Naseer Ahmed
authors.initials: NA
authors.lastname: Mir
authors.forename: Asif Nazir
authors.initials: AN
authors.lastname: Baba
authors.forename: Saheel
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Maajid
authors.forename: Abdul Rashid
authors.initials: AR
authors.lastname: Badoo
authors.forename: Ghulam Rasool
authors.initials: GR
authors.lastname: Mir
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001859:Bone Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D018215:Osteoblastoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D010027:Osteotomy / Q000379:methods; D035583:Rare Diseases; D013628:Talus; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed