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Case Reports
. 2020 Jan-Mar;10(1):e0090.
doi: 10.2106/JBJS.CC.19.00090.

Osteoid Osteoma Masquerading as Cholelithiasis: A Case Report

Michael A Fox  1 , Ryan J Berger  2 , Katherine A Wright  3 , Joshua M Lawrenz  2 , Assem A Sultan  2 , Carly Day  2 , Lutul D Farrow  2 , Hakan Ilaslan  4 , Nathan W Mesko  2
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Osteoid Osteoma Masquerading as Cholelithiasis: A Case Report

Michael A Fox et al. JBJS Case Connect. 2020 Jan-Mar.

Abstract

Case: We present a case report of an 18-year-old woman who presented to a general surgeon with a several month history of intermittent right upper quadrant pain, strongly suggestive of symptomatic cholelithiasis and underwent a laparoscopic cholecystectomy. She was eventually found to have an osteoid osteoma (OO) of the right eighth rib. She was treated with radiofrequency ablation with complete resolution of symptoms 1 month after treatment.

Conclusions: In cases where a patient's age and risk factors would make the diagnosis of cholelithiasis less likely, OO should be added to the differential diagnosis of symptomatic right upper quadrant pain.

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