PEDIATRICS Vol. 9 No. 3 March 1952, pp. 295-303
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OSTEOID OSTEOMA IN CHILDHOOD

HOWARD M. PURCELL M.D.1, STEPHEN D. MILLS M.D.1, and PAUL R. LIPSCOMB M.D.1

1 The Sections of Pediatrics and Orthopedic Surgery, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minn.

Osteoid osteoma is a small, benign tumor usually of endochondral bone, affecting mainly the long bones of the extremities and occurring not uncommonly among children. It produces pain which may disturb sleep and interfere with normal activities. The roentgenogram reveals a radiolucent area surrounded by osteosclerosis. This is suggestive of osteoid osteoma but differential diagnosis from certain other neoplastic, inflammatory and metabolic lesions of bone must be made. Thirteen children with osteoid osteoma have been treated by excision of the lesion at the Mayo Clinic. The results have been uniform alleviation of symptoms. This experience and that obtained elsewhere has shown that incomplete removal of the nidus may lead to recurrence of the symptoms.

Submitted on October 5, 1951




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