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Osteoma osteoide trattato con ablazione percutanea con radiofrequenze: descrizione di un caso
OSTEOID OSTEOMA TREATED WITH PERCUTANEOUS RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION: CASE REPORT
A. Andreacchio1, E. Bailo2, N. Sardi3, G. Grazia3
1Divisione di Ortopedia e Traumatologia, Ospedale Infantile “Regina Margherita”, Torino
2Scuola di Specializzazione in Pediatria, Università di Torino
3SC di Pediatria, Ospedale Civile “Edoardo Agnelli”, Pinerolo (Torino)
Marzo 2009 - pagg. 189 -190
Abstract
Osteoid osteoma (OO) is a small, benign bone tumour
that occurs in young people. The most common skeletal
sites are the metaphysis or diaphysis of long bones. We
report a case of a 13-year-old boy with a 5-month history of
pain in the right femur. For the persistence and the increasing
of the pain the boy underwent a right lower limb CTscan
that revealed a well-defined, 5 mm cortical lesion of the
distal femur characteristic of an OO. Therefore a percutaneous
radiofrequency ablation (PRA) of the OO under CTscan
guide was performed: after the treatment there was a
complete remission of the pain and at the 3-month-follow-up
the child remained symptoms free. Our experience confirms
literature data supporting the use of PRA as a minimal invasive
and effective treatment for OO.
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