Oğuzhan Gökalp, Cenk Ermutlu, Mehmet Bartu Sarısözen, Kemal Durak, Ulviye Yalçınkaya, Adnan Çakar
Osteoid osteoma is a benign tumor of the bone which tends to occur in diaphysis or metaphysis of the long bones. The lesion is generally intraosseous with vague clinical symptoms, hence given the name "great mimicker". When located subperiosteally and juxtaarticulary, atypical clinical presentation and radiological may lead to a delayed or missed diagnosis. Performing surgery with a misdiagnosis carries the risk of incomplete resection of the lesion and recurrence. We report the case of a 15-year-old male with a subperiosteal osteoid osteoma of the talus, who was misdiagnosed with pigmented villonodular synovitis and operated through anterior ankle arthrotomy...
April 4, 2024: Journal of the American Podiatric Medical Association