Osteoiod osteoma
Osteoid osteoma
Updated: 08/29/2024
© Jun Wang,
MD, PhD
General features
- Benign
- Usually < 1.5 cm
- More common in male, 5-24 years old
- Limited growth
Most common sites:
- Long bones, especially femur and tibia
Clinical presentations
- Pain, worse at night, relieved by NSAIDs
Key pathogenesis
- Pain associated with prostaglandin E2 or nerves in reactive zone
Key radiological findings
- Radiolucent nidus with surrounding bony sclerosis and cortical thickening
- No invasion
Key morphological features
- Anastomosing osteoid trabeculae and woven bone rimmed by osteoblasts
- No invasion
- No atypia
- NSAIDs and other medical managements
- Excision
- Radiofrequency ablation
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