Osteoid osteoma of the carpal bones

• Published in: Archives of orthopaedic and trauma surgery Vol. 121; no. 1-2; pp. 119 - 120
• Main Authors: ARAZI, Mehmet, MEMIK, Recep, YEL, Mustafa, ÖGÜN, Tunc C
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin Springer 2001; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Adult; Animal behavior; Bats; Biological and medical sciences; Biopsy; Bone cancer; Bone Neoplasms - complications; Bone Neoplasms - diagnosis; Bone Neoplasms - physiopathology; Bone Neoplasms - surgery; Carpal Bones; Chronic Disease; Diagnosis, Differential; Diseases of the osteoarticular system; Female; Humans; Magnetic Resonance Imaging; Medical diagnosis; Medical sciences; Osteoma, Osteoid - complications; Osteoma, Osteoid - diagnosis; Osteoma, Osteoid - physiopathology; Osteoma, Osteoid - surgery; Pain - etiology; Range of Motion, Articular; Tomography, X-Ray Computed; Tumors of striated muscle and skeleton; Human; Diseases of the osteoarticular system; Carpus(bone); Case study; Wrist; Symptomatology; Chronic; Pain; Treatment; Disease of the hand; Young adult; Upper limb; Osteoid osteoma; Benign neoplasm; Diagnosis; Bone
• ISSN: 0936-8051; 1434-3916
• DOI: 10.1007/s004020000152

Osteoid osteoma is a benign bone tumor that rarely localizes in the hand or the carpal bones. We report two cases of osteoid osteoma localized in two different carpal bones. Unremitting wrist pain was a major clinical symptom. Surgical treatment including excision of the nidus was dramatically curative. In young patients, osteoid osteoma should be considered in the differential diagnosis of chronic wrist pain.