Author/Authors :
Basile, Attilio Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology - Azienda Ospedaliera San Camillo Forlanini, Rome, Italy , Maria Liuni, Federico Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology - Santa Maria Hospital, Borgo Val di Taro (PR), Italy , Fontanarosa, Alberto Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology - Santa Maria Hospital, Borgo Val di Taro (PR), Italy , Zoccali, Carmine Oncological Orthopedics Department - Regina Elena National Cancer Institute, Rome, Italy , Baldi, Jacopo Oncological Orthopedics Department - Regina Elena National Cancer Institute, Rome, Italy , Maria Lanzetti, Riccardo Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology - Azienda Ospedaliera San Camillo Forlanini, Rome, Italy
Abstract :
Osteoid osteoma is a benign bone lesion that accounts for approximately 10% to 12% of all be-nign bone tumors. More than 80% of lesions occur in patients between 5 to 25 years old; males are more commonly affected with a ratio of 3:1. The foot is rarely involved: its involvement is less than 4% in the foot and of 1.7% in the metatarsals. In this paper we discuss the case of a 27-years-old woman with a 12 months follow-up, presented with an osteoid osteoma of the proximal phalanx of the great toe that underwent an en-bloc excision of the lesion and subsequent filling with cancellous autograft from the ipsilateral calcaneus. (www.actabiomedica.it)
Keywords :
osteoid osteoma , foot , hallux , phalanx , excision
