Plain radiographs, as in this case, may not demonstrate the diagnostic radiolucent nidus
within the thickened cortex. In the absence of this finding, the differential diagnosis includes …

bral column (13%), humerus, hand, and foot (especially the talus). When located in a long
bone, more than half of the osteoid osteomas are diaphyseal. Metaphyseal localization or …

To the Editor: In their Current Concepts Review,''Mechanisms of Cancer Metastasis to
Bone”(68-A: 308-312, Feb. 1986), Berrettoni and Carter propose a new variant of the so …

Osteoid osteoma is a benign tumor requiring a surgical resection. An original technique is
reported: the nidus was first located by computed tomography and then reached and …

Materials and Methods Two patients in whom the diagnosis of osteoid osteoma was made
from plain radiographs, conventional tomograms, or CT scans under-went preoperative …

UNCERTAINTY in the diagnosis of malignant bone disease is directly related to its rarity. At
the present time many of these lesions cannot be indexed. Competent pathologists are not …

Discussion Benign tumor of bone, especially osteoid osteoma, as a cause of back pain has
been well documented in the literature. 1'2 However, not all sclerotic pedicles contain …

In this case, anteroposterior (Fig. 1) and lateral (Fig. 2) radiographs of the left knee showed
an osteochondral defect on the lateral aspect of the medial femoral condyle and a bony …

Only complete excision of the nidus of an osteoid osteoma can guarantee cure. Localization
of the nidus by using a gamma camera in theatre (Rinsky et al, 1980) is cumbersome and …

Seventeen patients with non-diagnostic clinical and radiographic findings were studied with
CT scan. MR imaging was done in 12 cases. The preoperative diagnosis has been …