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Osteoid Osteoma: Benign

Types

Defining Characteristics

Pain in femur/tibia/vertebrae @ night, relieved by NSAIDs BENIGN
>2cm? Osteoblastoma

Epidemiology

Males age 10-25

Lab/Imaging

Histology? central nidus of woven, hemorrhagic bone surrounded by reactive sclerosis
CT? sclerotic bone on outside w/ pinpoint middle nidus

Conventional Treatment

Remove to prevent recurrence