Author/Authors :
Mahmoodi, Seyed Mohsen Dubai Hospital - Department of Orthopedics, United Arab Emirates , Bahirwani, Ramesh K. Dubai Hospital - Department of Orthopedics, United Arab Emirates , Moosa, Nooruddin K. Dubai Hospital - Department of Orthopedics, United Arab Emirates , Eydou, Alaaaldeen Z. Dubai Hospital - Department of Orthopedics, United Arab Emirates , AbdullGaffar, Badr Dubai Hospital - Department of Histopathology, United Arab Emirates
Abstract :
Objective: To report the first operated and histopathologically studied case of spontaneously resolving solitary osteochondroma. Case Presentation and Identification: An 18-year-old girl presented with leg pain of 2 months’ duration. She had been diagnosed to have a proximal tibial osteochondroma since the age of 9 years. Excision biopsy of the tumor remnant and its surrounding tissue was done after CT and MRI imaging. Conclusion: The spontaneous resolution of this case could have been due to simultaneous interruption of blood supply to the tumor and its cartilaginous cap or hyperemia around the tumor.
Keywords :
Osteochondroma , Spontaneous resolution , Imaging , Histopathology
