Osteoblastoma of the Os Capitatum

An osteoblastoma is a primary benign bone tumor, which is rarely seen in hand bones. Osteoblastoma is generally seen in spine, pelvis, and long bones. However, there are a few case reports of osteoblastoma in wrist and hand bones. To our knowledge, up to now, only one male patient with osteoblastoma...

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Autores principales: Kaptan, Çağrı, Atmaca, Halil
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2014
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4101925/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25105045
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/241716
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description An osteoblastoma is a primary benign bone tumor, which is rarely seen in hand bones. Osteoblastoma is generally seen in spine, pelvis, and long bones. However, there are a few case reports of osteoblastoma in wrist and hand bones. To our knowledge, up to now, only one male patient with osteoblastoma in capitate bone was reported. We report the first female case of osteoblastoma of capitate bone and discuss diagnosis and treatment.
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spelling pubmed-41019252014-08-07 Osteoblastoma of the Os Capitatum Kaptan, Çağrı Atmaca, Halil Case Rep Orthop Case Report An osteoblastoma is a primary benign bone tumor, which is rarely seen in hand bones. Osteoblastoma is generally seen in spine, pelvis, and long bones. However, there are a few case reports of osteoblastoma in wrist and hand bones. To our knowledge, up to now, only one male patient with osteoblastoma in capitate bone was reported. We report the first female case of osteoblastoma of capitate bone and discuss diagnosis and treatment. Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2014 2014-07-03 /pmc/articles/PMC4101925/ /pubmed/25105045 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/241716 Text en Copyright © 2014 Ç. Kaptan and H. Atmaca. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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