Solitary osteochondroma of the proximal femur causing sciatic nerve compression

Osteochondromas (OC) are the most common benign tumors of the bones. They are most frequently found near the knee joint and are typically asymptomatic. The presence of OC near the hip joint is rare. In addition, OC is an extremely uncommon cause of sciatica. We present a rare case of OC of the proxi...

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Autores principales: Aldashash, Fahad, Elraie, Muhamed
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre 2017
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6150545/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28377548
http://dx.doi.org/10.5144/0256-4947.2017.166
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description Osteochondromas (OC) are the most common benign tumors of the bones. They are most frequently found near the knee joint and are typically asymptomatic. The presence of OC near the hip joint is rare. In addition, OC is an extremely uncommon cause of sciatica. We present a rare case of OC of the proximal femur. The patient presented with left hip pain and manifestations of sciatic nerve compression. Surgical excision was performed. The diagnosis was confirmed postoperatively by histopathology.
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spelling pubmed-61505452018-09-25 Solitary osteochondroma of the proximal femur causing sciatic nerve compression Aldashash, Fahad Elraie, Muhamed Ann Saudi Med Case Report Osteochondromas (OC) are the most common benign tumors of the bones. They are most frequently found near the knee joint and are typically asymptomatic. The presence of OC near the hip joint is rare. In addition, OC is an extremely uncommon cause of sciatica. We present a rare case of OC of the proximal femur. The patient presented with left hip pain and manifestations of sciatic nerve compression. Surgical excision was performed. The diagnosis was confirmed postoperatively by histopathology. King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre 2017 /pmc/articles/PMC6150545/ /pubmed/28377548 http://dx.doi.org/10.5144/0256-4947.2017.166 Text en © 2017 Annals of Saudi Medicine This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) .
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title Solitary osteochondroma of the proximal femur causing sciatic nerve compression
title_full Solitary osteochondroma of the proximal femur causing sciatic nerve compression
title_fullStr Solitary osteochondroma of the proximal femur causing sciatic nerve compression
title_full_unstemmed Solitary osteochondroma of the proximal femur causing sciatic nerve compression
title_short Solitary osteochondroma of the proximal femur causing sciatic nerve compression
title_sort solitary osteochondroma of the proximal femur causing sciatic nerve compression
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6150545/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28377548
http://dx.doi.org/10.5144/0256-4947.2017.166
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