[Double localization of osteoid osteoma of the tibia--case report]

Abstract

Osteoid osteoma is a common, benign lesion of bone. Most patients who have osteoid osteoma have a history of pain in a limb, that is characteristically worse at night and is relieved dramatically by salicylates. There is general agreement in the literature that complete excision is the treatment of choice and that incomplete removal of the nidus leads to recurrence of symptoms. Usually, the affected bone is easily accessible to the surgeon, and it is not difficult to excise the lesion en bloc or, less commonly, to perform cortical shaving and curettage of the cavity of the nidus. The case nine years old boy of double nidus localization of osteoid osteoma of the tibia is presented. No reports on patients who were treated with double nidus localization have been published, to our knowledge.