Painful transient edema in the tibial diaphysis: the challenges and the essence of biopsy in treatment

Abstract Background Some patients experience a non-traumatic pain in the tibial diaphysis similar to that in the clinical and radiological findings of a tumor, an infection or a stress fracture and cannot be definitively diagnosed even after biopsy. In this study, our aim was to exhibit the challeng...

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Main Authors: Yavuz Arikan, Yasar Mahsut Dincel, Baris Ozkul, Rasit Ozcafer, Akay Kirat, Devrim Ozer
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-06-01
Series:World Journal of Surgical Oncology
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12957-018-1405-7