Open surgical biopsy more accurately identified malignancy, established diagnosis and guided appropriate treatment compared with fine-needle aspiration and core biopsy, according to the results of this Level I study. In their prospective study, Sina Kasraeian, MD, and colleagues at the University of Southern California compared the diagnostic accuracy of three …
By Andreas F. Mavrogenis, MD; Panayiotis J. Papagelopoulos, MD, DSc; Panayotis N. Soucacos, MD, FACS ORTHOPEDICS 2008; 31:1018 Educational Objectives As a result of reading this article, physicians should be able to: Describe the clinical signs and symptoms, imaging, and histological features of skeletal osteochondromas. List the different variants of skeletal osteochondromas. Discuss the …
By Nelson S. Saldua, MD; Anthony I. Riccio, MD; Jeffrey A. Cassidy, MD ORTHOPEDICS 2008; 31:610 Chondromyxoid fibroma is a rare, nonmalignancy that comprises <1% of all bone tumors. It typically presents with pain, swelling, and tenderness to palpation. The lesion has a predilection for the metaphysis of long bones of the lower extremity, …