Osteoid osteoma of the scapula is a rare benign lesion. This is a case report of a subchondral osteoid osteoma that involved the anterior rim of glenoid. Surgical approach in this atypical area may seem difficult. The excision of the lesion and grafting was performed by a deltopectoral approach. One year after the surgery, the patient remains pain free and has full range of motion with no recur...

Osteoid osteoma is a benign bone tumor, which represents approximately 10% of all benign bone tumors. When localized to the carpus, osteoid osteomas are most often seen in the scaphoid and capitate. Rarely, these tumors can also be observed in the trapezium. Given the infrequency with which osteomas are located in the trapezium and often nonspecific presenting symptoms, diagnosis of this tumor ...

Osteoid osteoma is a benign bone tumour that mostly affects males in the second and third decade of their life. The lesion mainly occurs in long bones, usually in the femur and tibia, causing severe localized pain that is worse at night and responds to nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs). Diagnosis is usually made on the basis of history and radiographic findings. However, in more unu...

Anterior Knee Pain (AKP) is an important cause of complaint in adolescents which can suggest many possible diseases. Scientific literature concerning this complex symptom is wide and diversified. We report a rare case of patellar osteoid osteoma which affected a thirteen-year-old female who had suffered from anterior left knee pain for almost six months. The diagnosis was suspected from an accu...

 Osteoid osteoma is a benign bone tumor and accounts for 10% of benign tumors. Almost any bones can be involved but half of cases involving femur or tibia. Osteoid osteoma is a rare tumor of the scapula with only 18 reported cases in the literature. We presented a case of osteoid osteoma of the scapula in right shoulder in angle of coracoid and geloneid in a 34- year old woman. She had right ra...

Introduction: Osteomas are asymptomatic and rare slow growing bony tumors in temporal bone, and should be taken into account in differential diagnosis of the osteolytic solitary skull lesions. Sometimes is associated with pain and functional loss. Only a few cases have been reported.   Case Report: We describe a case of an osteoid osteoma of the temporal bone (mastoid) in a 31-year-old woman pr...

conclusions to our knowledge in the literature up to now there are only nine reports of coracoid osteoid osteoma. these cases were treated with different approaches and different techniques. we used en-bloc resection via mini-anterior approach. our patient 30 months after surgery (october 2012) have full range of motion and became pain free since wound healing with normal control imaging.defini...

Radiol Bras. 2015 Jul/Ago;48(4):V Osteoid osteoma is the third most common benign neoplasm of bone, occurring predominantly in young, male patients. In most of cases, the patients report inflammatory-like pain that worsens at night and is alleviated with the use of nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs. Osteoid osteoma is classically characterized at conventional radiography or computed tomograp...