Pseudo-ataxia due to Osteoid Osteoma

BACKGROUND: Ataxia is diagnosed by typical features on examination suggestive of a cerebellar etiology and can invoke extensive diagnostic testing. Osteoid osteomas (OOs) are benign bone tumors of the lower limbs that occasionally present with focal neurological signs. CASE REPORT: A 3-year-old male...

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Autores principales: McKenzie, Juanette, Oettel-Flaherty, Curtis, Noel, Douglas, Walker, Ruth H., Sobering, Andrew K.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Columbia University Libraries/Information Services 2019
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Case Reports
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6377914/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30783555
http://dx.doi.org/10.7916/vt1n-ga19
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author McKenzie, Juanette
Oettel-Flaherty, Curtis
Noel, Douglas
Walker, Ruth H.
Sobering, Andrew K.
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Walker, Ruth H.
Sobering, Andrew K.
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description BACKGROUND: Ataxia is diagnosed by typical features on examination suggestive of a cerebellar etiology and can invoke extensive diagnostic testing. Osteoid osteomas (OOs) are benign bone tumors of the lower limbs that occasionally present with focal neurological signs. CASE REPORT: A 3-year-old male presented with apparent progressive gait ataxia and non-specific leg pain. Initial imaging was unremarkable. However, 12 months later, a lesion was identified in the distal right femur, which was found to be an OO. The gait disorder and pain resolved after surgery. DISCUSSION: This case highlights the challenges of diagnosing a gait disorder in young children.
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spelling pubmed-63779142019-02-19 Pseudo-ataxia due to Osteoid Osteoma McKenzie, Juanette Oettel-Flaherty, Curtis Noel, Douglas Walker, Ruth H. Sobering, Andrew K. Tremor Other Hyperkinet Mov (N Y) Case Reports BACKGROUND: Ataxia is diagnosed by typical features on examination suggestive of a cerebellar etiology and can invoke extensive diagnostic testing. Osteoid osteomas (OOs) are benign bone tumors of the lower limbs that occasionally present with focal neurological signs. CASE REPORT: A 3-year-old male presented with apparent progressive gait ataxia and non-specific leg pain. Initial imaging was unremarkable. However, 12 months later, a lesion was identified in the distal right femur, which was found to be an OO. The gait disorder and pain resolved after surgery. DISCUSSION: This case highlights the challenges of diagnosing a gait disorder in young children. Columbia University Libraries/Information Services 2019-02-06 /pmc/articles/PMC6377914/ /pubmed/30783555 http://dx.doi.org/10.7916/vt1n-ga19 Text en © 2019 McKenzie et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution–Noncommercial–No Derivatives License, which permits the user to copy, distribute, and transmit the work provided that the original author and source are credited; that no commercial use is made of the work; and that the work is not altered or transformed.
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