An osteoid osteoma is a bone condition that often affects children and young adults aged 5 to 25 years. Boys are three times more likely to experience it than girls. An osteoid osteoma is a ...

Background and aims: Osteoid osteoma is a relatively common benign bone tumor. Until recently, treatment has been surgical excision of the nidus. In 1992 Radiofrequency ablation (RFA) was first ...

Osteoid osteoma is a small, benign, and painful tumor most commonly affecting the extra-articular portions of the long bones, especially the femur or tibia. Osteoid osteoma of the coracoid process is ...

At first, it seemed like an exercise injury. But it wouldn’t go away. By Lisa Sanders, M.D. “My hip hurts most of the time now,” the 20-year-old woman explained to Dr. Samantha Smith, a ...

An osteoma is a benign bone tumor that typically forms on the skull. Depending on where they develop, osteomas can sometimes cause symptoms such as headaches or sinus infections. Although osteomas ...

Research shows that an outpatient, nonsurgical treatment for a benign bone tumor called osteoid osteoma both destroys the tumor and eliminates debilitating pain. In ninety-one percent of those treated ...

Osteoid osteomas are benign, bone-forming tumours that occur most frequently in the legs, especially in the femur and tibia. Almost all patients have pain as a result of the tumour. Other symptoms ...

Peripheral osteomas are benign, slow-growing osteogenic neoplasms that primarily develop from the periosteal surface of craniofacial bones. Typically asymptomatic in early stages, these lesions are ...

Gardner syndrome is a genetic disease that comprises the clinical triad of osteomas, polyposis coli, and mesenchymal tumors of the skin and soft tissue. Gardner syndrome, which is inherited in an ...

Most common pathologies resulting in shoulder pain are usually a consequence of degenerative, traumatic or metabolic aetiologies involving various structures around the shoulder. Benign tumours ...

An 18-year-old white man reported a 2-year history of right shoulder pain. There was no trauma or any ongoing medical illness. Pain was worse at night and was slightly improved by aspirin. Physical ...