Arthroscopic Ablation of Osteoid Osteoma in the Wrist

Document Type : CASE REPORT

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1 Shariati Hospital, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

2 Milad Hospital , Tehran, Iran

3 Shariati Hospital Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

Abstract

 
Osteoid osteoma is a benign bone tumor that rarely involves joints. Although there are several reports of arthroscopic osteoid osteoma excisions, to our knowledge, there are no reports of this type of treatment for osteoid osteoma in carpal bones. We report two cases of arthroscopic (a person who had a pain in the left wrist and the other one with carpal tunnel syndrome) with excision of osteoid osteoma in the carpal bones. We think arthroscopic excision is the best choice for treatment as long as the tumor is accessible for arthroscopic surgery, when osteoid osteoma has classic clinical and imaging findings and is near an articular surface. However, when the tumor is far from the joint surfaces, when we need pathologic confirmation or when the tumor is easily accessible using a non-articular approach, arthroscopic excision may not be the most appropriate technique.

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The Archives of Bone and Joint Surgery
Volume 1, Issue 1 - Serial Number 1
September 2013
Pages 38-40

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  • Receive Date: 14 August 2013
  • Revise Date: 01 September 2013
  • Accept Date: 03 September 2013

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