Osteoid osteoma of the pubic bone. Report of a case

Osteoid osteoma involves the pubic bone in exceptional cases. In this case report, a 23 year-old male patient with osteoid osteoma of the pubic bone, was presented. He was complaining of right groin pain, occurring nocturnally and being relieved by rest and analgesics. Radiographic examination revealed a small lesion in the right pubic bone. The patient was treated surgically, and the nidus was excised. The result of the histopathological examination was "osteoid osteoma". At 1 year postoperatively, recurrence was not seen. It was concluded that, if osteoid osteoma was located in an unusual site, more detailed radiographic examination should be done for exact localization, before the operation.