Solitary diaphyseal exostosis of femur, how common is it?
- نوع فایل : کتاب
- زبان : انگلیسی
- مؤلف : Laxman Rijal Pravin Nepal Suman Baral Subhash Khanal Surendra Khanal Pawan Shrestha Prabhat Chandra Thakur Nabin Rauniar Sujan Vaidhya
- چاپ و سال / کشور: 2010
Description
Osteochondroma, the most common benign tumor, is very often diagnosed as an incidental finding on radiographs obtained for other purposes. The World Health Organization (WHO) defines osteochondroma as a cartilage- capped bony projection on the external surface of a bone. Whether sessile or pedunculated, the medullary canal of the stalk and the bone are in continuity by definition. Most are asymptomatic, but they can cause mechanical symptoms depending on their location and size. Symptomatic lesions should be excised completely. Usual site of origin is metaphysis, we report a solitary diaphyseal exostosis of femur in this case report.
Eur J Orthop Surg Traumatol (2011) 21:363–365 DOI 10.1007/s00590-010-0710-9 Received: 5 June 2010 / Accepted: 28 September 2010 / Published online: 8 October 2010
