Parosteal Osteosarcoma of the Distal Radius Mimicking an Osteochondroma—A Diagnostic Misadventure

We present a case of a parosteal osteosarcoma mimicking an osteochondroma with atypical clinical features, radiographic findings, and histological examination. This report serves to exemplify the importance of recognizing the similarities between these 2 entities and other peculiar features that wil...

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Published inThe Journal of hand surgery (American ed.) Vol. 42; no. 12; pp. 1038.e1 - 1038.e10
Main Authors Sanghavi, Sahil, Wahegaonkar, Abhijeet, Panchwagh, Yogesh, Kharat, Amit
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States Elsevier Inc 01.12.2017
Subjects
Bone Neoplasms - diagnosis
Diagnosis, Differential
distal radius
Female
Humans
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Middle Aged
osteochondroma
Osteochondroma - diagnosis
Osteosarcoma - diagnosis
Osteosarcoma - surgery
Parosteal osteosarcoma
Radiography
Radius
distal radius
Parosteal osteosarcoma
osteochondroma
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Summary:We present a case of a parosteal osteosarcoma mimicking an osteochondroma with atypical clinical features, radiographic findings, and histological examination. This report serves to exemplify the importance of recognizing the similarities between these 2 entities and other peculiar features that will help to differentiate between sessile osteochondromas and parosteal osteosarcomas, to prevent misdiagnosis.
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ISSN:0363-5023
1531-6564
DOI:10.1016/j.jhsa.2017.07.010