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