The Journal of the Korean bone and joint tumor society (대한골관절종양학회지)
- Volume 2 Issue 1
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- Pages.111-115
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- 1996
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- 1226-4962(pISSN)
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- 2233-9841(eISSN)
Osteoblastoma in Calcaneus (A Case Report)
종골에 발생한 골아세포종 (1례 보고)
- Song, Eun-Kyoo (Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Chonnam University Hospital) ;
- Jung, Sung-Taek (Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Chonnam University Hospital) ;
- Cho, Sung-Tae (Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Chonnam University Hospital) ;
- Lee, Jae-Hyug (Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Chonnam University Hospital)
- Published : 1996.04.30
Abstract
Benign osteoblastoma, a rare tumor which forms osteoid and woven bone, represents 3% of benign and 1% of all primary bone tumors. It can involve anywhere in the axial skeleton, which is most common in the spine (34%). But the lesion of the calcaneus is extremely rare. The ratio of males to females is 2:1, with 80 percent of the patients being under thirty years of age. Pain is the most common symptom and rarely pathologic fracture. Osteoblastoma is a benign tumor but has a high recurrence rate after intracapsular malignant change. Therefore, choice of surgical procedure is the 'enbloc' resection. Authors have experienced a case of osteoblastoma developed in calcaneus. The treatment was wide resection and triple arthrodesis. We have reported here the case in which osteoblastoma occured in calcaneus of the right foot.