1 Nov 2006Case Report
Osteoid osteoma of the patella Case report and review of the literature
Athanasios Chalazonitis 1Anastasia Tilentzoglou 2Nicolas Condilis 3Joannie Tzovara 4Petros Porfyridis 5Nikolaos Ptohis 5
Affiliations
Article Info
1 Department of Radiology, “Hippocration” General Hospital
2 Sports Injuries Department, “KAT” Hospital
3 Department of Familiar Medicine, “ Saint Panteleimon ” General State Hospital of Nikaia – Piraeus, Greece
4 Department of Radiology, “IASO” General Hospital
5 Department of Radiology, “Alexandra” General Hospital
Ann. Ital. Chir., 2006, 77(6), 533-536;
Published: 1 Nov 2006
Copyright © 2006 Annali Italiani di Chirurgia
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
Abstract
Osteoid osteoma is a benign, bone-forming tumor. The diaphyses of the long bones are the sites of predilection (at least 50% of all cases occurring in the femur and the tibia). Also this lesion has a male preponderance and the majority of cases present in the second and third decade. We represent an unusual localization of osteoid osteoma in the patella of a 51-year old woman.
Keywords
- Osteoid osteoma of patella
- MRI – gadolinium contrast administration
