A case report of osteochondroma with unusual clinical and imaging presentation
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Mohammad Javdan1, Ali Hekmatnia2, Amirhossein Ghazavi3
1Department of Orthopedics, Kashani Hospital, Isfahan Medical University, Isfahan, Iran.
Abstract:
Osteochondroma or exostosis is a bony developmental anomaly, which arises from exophytic outgrowth on bone surfaces in a characteristic manner. Osteochondroma is asymptomatic and grows away from the nearby joint. This paper reports an unusual presentation of osteochondroma in which the patient was surprisingly completely symptomatic. The lesion grew toward the nearby joint and the radiographic findings were not compatible with surgical findings.
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