Osteoid Osteoma of the Middle Phalanx of the Third Finger in a Child Mimicking a Malignancy

Osteoid Osteoma of the Middle Phalanx of the Third Finger in a Child Mimicking a Malignancy

Osteoid osteoma is a rare occurrence in the hand, especially in children. We report here a rare case of a 12-year-old boy complaining of growing painful swelling of the middle phalanx of the third finger that had started 3 months earlier and had not responded to anti-inflammatory medication. Based o...

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Main Authors: Georgiev Georgi P., Slavchev Svetoslav A., Dimitrova Iva N.
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Pensoft Publishers 2018-06-01
Series:Folia Medica
Subjects:
osteoid osteoma
child
phalanx
surgery
Online Access:http://www.degruyter.com/view/j/folmed.2017.60.issue-2/folmed-2017-0085/folmed-2017-0085.xml?format=INT

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