Osteoblastoma
Osteoblastoma
Updated: 07/27/2018
© Jun Wang,
MD, PhD
General features
- Also called giant osteoid osteoma
- Usually > 2 cm
- Slightly more common in female, mean age 20 years old
Most common sites:
- Spine and sacrum
Clinical presentations
- Pain, worse at night, NOT relieved by NSAIDs
Key pathogenesis
- Progress pain, NOT respond to aspirin
Key radiological findings
- Radiolucent nidus
- Surrounding bony sclerosis and cortical thickening
- No invasion
Key morphological features
- Anastomosing osteoid trabeculae and woven bone rimmed by osteoblasts
- No invasion
- No atypia
Differential diagnosis
- Curettage
- En Bloc resection
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