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J Am Podiatr Med Assoc 2018 Nov;108(6):523-527

This case report describes a well-documented birth and evolution of an osteoid osteoma at the talus. Although initial radiologic images indicate mild bone marrow edema at first (without nidus), subsequent magnetic resonance imaging and computed tomographic images reveal pathognomonic nidus at the talus. During the evolution of the lesion, typical night pain was coincident with the occurrence of the nidus, as seen on magnetic resonance imaging. Read More

Eur J Med Res 2019 Jan 21;24(1). Epub 2019 Jan 21.

Department of Orthopaedics, Faculty of Medicine, Bezmialem Vakif University, Vatan Cd, Fatih, 34093, Istanbul, Turkey.

Background: OO (osteoid osteoma) is a common, osteoblastic, benign bone tumor but rarely seen in the hand region. There is still some debate about the diagnosis and treatment of hand OOs. In the present study, we aimed to evaluate the epidemiology, radiologic features, surgical treatment options and functional outcomes. Read More

BMC Musculoskelet Disord 2019 Jan 8;20(1):17. Epub 2019 Jan 8.

Division of Paediatric Orthopaedic Surgery, Children's Hospital Zagreb, Ulica Vjekoslava Klaica 16, 10000, Zagreb, Croatia.

Background: Osteoid osteoma is a painful benign skeletal tumour of unknown aetiology. Most often it occurs in the long bones of extremities and responds well to nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory medications. However, unusual localization and atypical presentation of this tumour might present a diagnostic challenge, especially if symptoms mimic that indicative of juvenile spondyloarthritis. Read More

Pediatr Radiol 2019 Jan 7. Epub 2019 Jan 7.

Department of Radiology, Section of Interventional Radiology, Seattle Children's Hospital, M/S MA.7.220, PO Box 5371, Seattle, WA, 98145, USA.

Background: Image-guided percutaneous microwave ablation has been used to treat adult osteoid osteomas but has not been thoroughly evaluated in the pediatric population.

Objective: To evaluate the technical feasibility and clinical efficacy of microwave ablation to treat osteoid osteomas in pediatric patients.

Materials And Methods: The electronic medical record and imaging archive were reviewed for 24 consecutive patients who had undergone microwave ablation of osteoid osteomas between January 1, 2015, and May 31, 2018, at a single tertiary care pediatric hospital. Read More

Anticancer Res 2019 Jan;39(1):291-296

Department of Osteology and Biomechanics, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany.

Background/aim: Osteoid osteoma (OO) is a benign tumor characterized by the excessive formation of unmineralized bone matrix. It is mostly located in the long bones of the lower extremities or the spine, but can also occur in atypical locations.

Patients And Methods: Here we report on a rare case of OO in the mandible in an 18-year-old male patient with a simultaneous finding of a pilomatrixoma in the parietal region. Read More

Rev Esp Med Nucl Imagen Mol 2018 Dec 19. Epub 2018 Dec 19.

Servicio de Medicina Nuclear, Complejo Hospitalario de Navarra , Pamplona, Navarra, España. Electronic address:

The aim of this review is to provide an updated perspective on different fields of radioguided surgery. With reference to the sentinel lymph node biopsy in oral squamous cell carcinoma, we present the results of the interactive debate held at the recent Congress of our specialty about the more relevant aspects of the London Consensus. Drainage peculiarities and indications according to the current guidelines on gynaecological tumours, endometrial and cervical cancer, are detailed and new scenarios for nuclear medicine physicians are presented; robotic surgery and hybrid tracers, for instance. Read More

J Med Imaging Radiat Oncol 2018 Dec 8;62(6):789-793. Epub 2018 Nov 8.

Ormiston Orthopaedics, Auckland, New Zealand.

Introduction: To report a series of patients with osteoid osteoma treated by radiofrequency ablation in whom no complications or recurrences occurred.

Methods: Over a 13-year period, 32 consecutive patients with osteoid osteoma were treated by radiofrequency ablation in an Australasian teaching centre.

Results: All patients had resolution of symptoms with no complication or recurrence. Read More

Semin Intervent Radiol 2018 Oct 5;35(4):324-332. Epub 2018 Nov 5.

Interventional Imaging, Nouvel Hôpital Civil, 1 place de l'Hôpital, Strasbourg Cedex, France.

Benign bone tumors consist of a wide variety of neoplasms that do not metastasize but can still cause local complications. Historical management of these tumors has included surgical treatment for lesion resection and possible mechanical stabilization. Initial percutaneous ablation techniques were described for osteoid osteoma management. Read More

Orthop Rev (Pavia) 2018 Sep 25;10(3):7496. Epub 2018 Sep 25.

Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan.

Osteoid osteoma is a benign bone-forming tumor with hallmark of tumor cells directly forming mature bone. Osteoid osteoma accounts for around 5% of all bone tumors and 11% of benign bone tumors with a male predilection. It occurs predominantly in long bones of the appendicular skeleton. Read More

Eur J Nucl Med Mol Imaging 2018 Oct 19. Epub 2018 Oct 19.

Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Cantonal Hospital Lucerne, Lucerne, Switzerland.

Osteoid osteoma is a painful, benign, osteoblastic lesion that occurs in younger patients and affects the extremities or the axial skeleton. While plain film findings may suggest the diagnosis, in complex anatomical regions such as the spine, pelvis, wrist and foot advanced imaging modalities are often required. A typical nidus surrounded by sclerosis or cortical thickening characterizes osteoid osteoma on plain radiography and CT. Read More

World Neurosurg 2018 Dec 26;120:506-508. Epub 2018 Sep 26.

Department of Neurosurgery, University of Tuebingen, Tuebingen, Germany.

Background: An osteoid osteoma (OO) is a benign bone neoplasm that typically occurs in the long bone diaphysis. We found only 8 cases of OOs of the skull base in the literature, and none of them were located in the clivus.

Case Description: A 44-year-old female patient with a history of 2 previous transsphenoidal surgeries with partial removal of an OO of the clivus at another hospital, 11 and 4 years ago, presented to our department with recurrent progressive left-sided headache and facial pain over the past 6 months, which were aggravated at night. Read More

Eur Rev Med Pharmacol Sci 2018 Sep;22(17):5438-5446

Diagnostic Imaging Area, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Gemelli Foundation, School of Medicine, Rome, Italy.

Objective: The purpose of this study is to verify the effectiveness and complications occurrence of radiofrequency ablation (RFA) in the treatment of osteoid osteoma (OO) in non-operating room anesthesia (N.O.R. Read More

Orthopade 2018 Sep 7. Epub 2018 Sep 7.

Department of Orthopedics, Artificial Joints Engineering and Technology Research Center of Jiangxi Province and Multidisciplinary Therapy Center of Musculoskeletal Tumor, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, 330006, Nangchang, Jiangxi, China.

Background: An osteoblastoma is a rare benign bone tumor characterized by formation of osteoid tissue and primitive bone and occurs more often in men than in women. They are often secondary to an osteoid osteoma and can be located at any site on the skeleton. Lesions generally involve the posterior elements of the spine, such as the pedicle and the lamina. Read More

Orthopade 2018 Sep;47(9):717-721

Klinik und Poliklinik für Orthopädie, Unfallchirurgie und Plastische Chirurgie Bereich Endoprothetik/Orthopädie, Universitätsklinik Leipzig AöR, Leipzig, Deutschland.

In patients with hip pain, clinical examination is of only restricted value in the differential diagnosis. Besides a patient's age, their medical history is often helpful in finding the correct diagnosis. Additionally, imaging can give valuable hints for excluding or validating a differential diagnosis. Read More

Medicine (Baltimore) 2018 Aug;97(33):e11725

Department of Spine Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, People's Republic of China.

Rationale: Multiple diaphyseal sclerosis (MDS), known as Ribbing disease, is a rare congenital bone disease resulting from autosomal recessive inheritance. The case study involved a 22-year-old female patient who had been diagnosed with chronic sclerosing osteomyelitis due to lack of knowledge about MDS. Previous studies reported rarely on this condition. Read More

AJR Am J Roentgenol 2018 Oct 7;211(4):856-860. Epub 2018 Aug 7.

2 Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology, St. Louis, MO.

Objective: The purpose of this article is to describe the use of a navigational bipolar radiofrequency ablation system for the treatment of spinal osteoid osteomas.

Conclusion: Safe and effective imaging-guided percutaneous radiofrequency ablation of spinal osteomas can be performed using a multidirectional bipolar electrode system. Read More

Radiol Bras 2018 May-Jun;51(3):156-161

MD, PhD, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil.

Objective: The purpose of this study was to determine whether chemical-shift magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) could be useful in the diagnosis of osteoid osteoma when clinical and radiological tumor features are inconclusive.

Materials And Methods: This retrospective study included 17 patients who underwent chemical-shift MRI for the evaluation of osteoid osteoma. For all patients, two musculoskeletal radiologists independently recorded signal intensities on in-phase and out-of-phase images in the nidus of the tumor, in abnormal-intensity bone marrow surrounding the lesion, and in normal-appearing bone marrow. Read More

Hip Int 2018 Jun 1:1120700018782274. Epub 2018 Jun 1.

1 Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University Medical Centre Ljubljana, Zaloška 9, SI-1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia.

Aim: The aim was to present the surgical technique and clinical outcome in a series of patients treated with gamma-probe-assisted arthroscopic removal of osteoid osteoma in the hip joint.

Methods: The case series consisted of 10 patients diagnosed with osteoid osteoma of the hip, who were treated by arthroscopic nidus removal. An endoscopic gamma probe was used intraoperatively to locate the nidus and to control the extent of its removal. Read More

Rofo 2018 Nov 6;190(11):1070-1072. Epub 2018 Jun 6.

Department of Radiology, HELIOS-Klinikum Berlin-Buch, Berlin, Germany.

J Surg Oncol 2018 Jun 3;117(8):1786-1798. Epub 2018 May 3.

Queen Elizabeth II Health Sciences Center, Halifax Infirmary, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.

Bone tumors are relatively rare in the foot and ankle region. Many of them present as cystic lesions on plain films. Due to the relative rarity of these lesions and the complex anatomy of the foot and ankle region, identification of such lesions is often delayed or they get misdiagnosed and mismanaged. Read More

Eur Radiol 2018 Oct 12;28(10):4146-4150. Epub 2018 Apr 12.

Department of Musculoskeletal Radiology, Royal Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Bristol Road South, Northfield, Birmingham, B31 2AP, UK.

Purpose: To assess the usefulness of epidural air injection during the RFA treatment of spinal osteoid osteoma.

Methods: A retrospective review of 17 patients who underwent RFA for spinal osteoid osteoma between September 2006 and May 2017 was performed. All the procedures were performed by a single radiologist. Read More

Cardiovasc Intervent Radiol 2018 Sep 12;41(9):1384-1390. Epub 2018 Apr 12.

Division of Vascular and Interventional Radiology, Department of Radiology, University of Michigan Health Systems, Michigan Medicine, 1500 East Medical Center Drive, Ann Arbor, MI, 48109, USA.

Purpose: To compare technical success, complications, and long-term clinical success following radiofrequency ablation of osteoid osteomas in pediatric and adult patients.

Materials And Methods: Ninety-two patients underwent percutaneous computed tomography-guided radiofrequency ablation for osteoid osteomas including 54 pediatric (mean age 12.9 years) and 38 adult (mean age 24. Read More

World Neurosurg 2018 Jun 16;114:e713-e718. Epub 2018 Mar 16.

Skull Base Surgery Center, Department of Neurosurgery, XuanWu Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China. Electronic address:

Objective: To retrospectively analyze clinical data of 4 patients with trigeminal neuralgia (TN) secondary to osteoid osteoma (OO) of the petrous bone and discuss treatment for this rare disease.

Methods: Between January 2008 and December 2016, 4 patients in whom TN secondary to petrous bone OO was diagnosed received surgical treatment in Xuan Wu Hospital of Capital Medical University. We summarized the characteristics and treatments of this rare disease through retrospective review of the clinical information, imaging features, surgical details, and follow-up outcomes of the 4 patients. Read More

J Foot Ankle Surg 2018 Jul - Aug;57(4):826-832. Epub 2018 Mar 2.

Orthopedist, Haydarpasa Numune Education and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey. Electronic address:

Foot and ankle osteoid osteomas (OOs) are often cancellous or subperiosteal and rarely present with a periosteal reaction. Additionally, the large number of disorders included in the differential diagnosis and the nonspecific findings on radiographs complicate the diagnosis. We performed a manual search of the senior surgeon's hospitals' operating room records for the terms "benign bone tumor," "foot," "ankle," and "osteoid osteoma" from January 2003 until December 2014. Read More

BMJ Case Rep 2018 Feb 27;2018. Epub 2018 Feb 27.

Department of Medicine, Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, New York, USA.

A minority of osteoid osteomas are found to be juxta-articular and within the small bones of the wrist. We present a 30-year-old man diagnosed with an osteoid osteoma of the lunate bone, presenting with 3 years of left wrist pain, swelling and reduced range of motion. Given the patient's background and laboratory testing, consideration was given to both inflammatory and infectious causes and the diagnosis was delayed, requiring repeat interval imaging and assisted by multiple imaging modalities. Read More

Am J Case Rep 2018 Feb 26;19:207-213. Epub 2018 Feb 26.

Department of Orthopedic Surgery, National Hospital Organization, Kokura Medical Center, Kyoto University, Kokura, Fukuoka, Japan.

BACKGROUND Osteoid osteomas are benign bone-forming tumors characterized by local inflammation and pain. They are also characterized by a small osteolytic lesion (nidus). Spondylolysis is a defect of the pars interarticularis, which may lead to stress fractures, and is a common cause of low back pain in adolescence. Read More

J Hip Preserv Surg 2018 Jan 28;5(1):88-99. Epub 2017 Dec 28.

Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Hospital for Special Surgery, 535 E. 70th St, New York, NY 10021, USA and.

Intra-articular osteoid osteoma (IAOO) of the hip is a relatively rare diagnosis, but one that can closely mimic symptomatic presentation of femoroacetabular impingement (FAI). Although there are multiple case reports of osteoid osteoma (OO) in the hip, we present the largest case series of hip IAOO treated with hip arthroscopy and discuss limited patient-reported outcomes after treatment with hip arthroscopy. We retrospectively identified patients diagnosed with IAOO of the hip with confirmatory computed tomography, magnetic resonance imaging or biopsy diagnoses of OO. Read More

World Neurosurg 2018 Apr 5;112:243-246. Epub 2018 Feb 5.

Department of Neurosurgery, Policlinico San Martino, University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy.

Background: Osteoblastoma is a benign bone-forming tumor, sometimes locally invasive, that may involve any bone. The highest incidence is between 20 and 30 years of age, and there are no cases described in the elderly.

Methods: We report a case of an elderly patient with a lesion in the lumbar spine in which osteoblastoma diagnosis was made. Read More

Top Magn Reson Imaging 2018 Feb;27(1):39-44

Russell H. Morgan Department of Radiology and Radiological Science, Musculoskeletal Radiology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD.

Minimally invasive procedures play a crucial role in the diagnosis and treatment of many pediatric musculoskeletal conditions. Although computed tomography and fluoroscopy are commonly used for image guidance, the associated exposure to ionizing radiation is especially concerning in pediatric patients. Ultrasonography may be used successfully in a subset of interventions, but it is often not useful for complex, deep, and osseous targets. Read More

Clin Cases Miner Bone Metab 2017 Sep-Dec;14(3):363-367. Epub 2017 Dec 27.

Orthopedic Surgery Division, Rambam Health Care Campus, Haifa, Israel.

Introduction: Radiofrequency ablation is an effective modality in treating osteoid osteoma while avoiding the complications of an open procedure. Its complications are usually self-limited consisting mostly of local skin burns. This report presents a major complication, a femur shaft fracture following an osteoid osteoma radiofrequency ablation. Read More

Eur Radiol 2018 Jun 2;28(6):2336-2344. Epub 2018 Jan 2.

Radiology Department, APHM, Marseille, France.

Purpose: To evaluate the technical feasibility and efficacy of percutaneous cryoablation for the treatment of osteoid osteoma (OO) in adults.

Methods And Materials: 21 patients (12 male and nine female; mean age, 29.9 years) who underwent CT-guided percutaneous cryoablation for the treatment of OO were retrospectively evaluated. Read More

Eur J Nucl Med Mol Imaging 2018 03 15;45(3):509-510. Epub 2017 Dec 15.

Nuclear Medicine Department, Humanitas Clinical and Research Hospital, Via Manzoni 56, 20089, Rozzano, MI, Italy.

Med Phys 2018 Feb 25;45(2):506-519. Epub 2017 Dec 25.

Centre for Image Guided Innovation and Therapeutic Intervention, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, M5G 1X8, Canada.

Purpose: Magnetic resonance-guided focused ultrasound (MRgFUS) is emerging as a treatment alternative for osteoid osteoma and painful bone metastases. This study describes a new simulation platform that predicts the distribution of heat generated by MRgFUS when applied to bone tissue.

Methods: Calculation of the temperature distribution was performed using two mathematical models. Read More

Indian J Radiol Imaging 2017 Jul-Sep;27(3):318-323

Department of Nuclear Medicine, Tata Memorial Centre, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.

Aims: The aim of this study is to evaluate the clinical efficacy of computed tomography (CT)-guided radiofrequency (RF) ablation as a minimally invasive therapy for osteoid osteoma.

Materials And Methods: This is a retrospective analysis of prospectively maintained data of 43 symptomatic osteoid osteoma patients who were treated by radiofrequency ablation (RFA). Forty out of 43 patients were naive cases and underwent primary treatment for osteoid osteoma with RFA, whereas 3 patients included in the study underwent RFA for local recurrence after having undergone surgical treatment. Read More

Acta Med Croatica 2016 09;70(3):191-5

With this clinical observation we would like to bring to mind osteoid osteoma as a possible cause of problems of distal phalanx of the fingers. Osteoid osteoma occurs rarely at this location and has atypical presentation. The main symptoms are swelling and redness of the fingertip with nail deformity, while typical night pain may not be present. Read More

Acta Clin Croat 2016 09;55(3):505-9

Osteoid osteoma (OO) is the most common benign osteogenic bone tumor that predominantly affects young adults. OO is commonly localized in long bones, and therefore, it is rarely considered in differential diagnosis of chronic shoulder pain. We report a case of a 22-year-old male athlete, without history of previous trauma, who presented to our Department with chronic shoulder pain, which escalated during the night and responded to nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug treatment. Read More

J Pediatr Orthop B 2018 Sep;27(5):456-460

Ganga Hospital, Coimbatore, Tamilnadu, India.

Osteoid osteomas are well known for intraoperative technical difficulties for localization and adequate excision, especially when they are not clearly visualized on plain radiographs or when they occur in difficult and inaccessible situations. Localization in the radiology suite and shifting the patient to the operating room can be cumbersome, and can result in errors because of lack of real-time imaging. In these scenarios, intraoperative navigation will be useful. Read More

J Back Musculoskelet Rehabil 2018 Feb;31(1):215-219

Lishui Municipal Central Hospital, The Fifth Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Lishui, Zhejiang, China.

Clinically, it is difficult to differentiate osteoid osteoma, more than 50% of which occur in the fibia or tibia, from other diseases, i.e. spinal degenerative diseases, inflammatory and noninflammatory arthritis. Read More

Eur Radiol 2018 Feb 7;28(2):478-486. Epub 2017 Sep 7.

Sorbonne Paris Cité, Université Paris Diderot, 75205, Paris, France.

Objectives: To assess the efficacy of bisphosphonate therapy on bone pain in patients with osteoid osteoma (OO) (main objective), and to describe bisphosphonate-induced changes in nidus mineralisation and regional bone-marrow oedema (BMO).

Methods: A prospective, observational study was conducted from 2011 to 2014. Patients with risk factors for complications of percutaneous or surgical ablation or recurrence after ablation, were offered once monthly intravenous bisphosphonate treatment until significant pain alleviation was achieved. Read More

Spine Deform 2017 09;5(5):351-359

Spine Surgery Service, Hospital de Pediatría Prof. Dr. Juan P. Garrahan, CABA, Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Study Design: Retrospective. Level IV Evidence.

Objective: To assess the utility of intraoperative neurophysiological monitoring (IONM) to detect and eventually prevent impending neurovascular damage during computed tomography (CT)-guided radiofrequency ablation (RFA) of spinal osteoid osteoma (OO) in children. Read More

J Am Podiatr Med Assoc 2017 Jul;107(4):342-346

The foot is rarely the focus of osteoid osteoma, and only a few of those cases are related to the fifth metatarsal. The present case demonstrates that atypical symptoms with suspicious findings on plain radiographs that are not associated with trauma must be analyzed carefully to determine the nature of the lesion and perform the precise treatment to obtain and sustain the cure. A 29-year-old man presented to the outpatient clinic with a 2-year history of chronic pain in the lateral aspect of his left forefoot. Read More

Plast Reconstr Surg Glob Open 2017 Jul 26;5(7):e1410. Epub 2017 Jul 26.

Department of Plastic Surgery, University Hospital of Schleswig-Holstein, Lübeck, Germany.

An osteoid osteoma is a rare benign tumor of the carpal bones. It is extremely rarely found in the lunate bone in patients above 30 years of age. We present a case report of a 61-year-old man with an osteoid osteoma of the left wrist, which was masked by degenerative carpal bone disease and a comorbidity of an inflammatory bowel disease. Read More

J Pediatr 2017 11 17;190:222-228.e1. Epub 2017 Aug 17.

Sheikh Zayed Institute for Pediatric Surgical Innovation, Children's National Medical Center, Washington, DC.

Objective: To evaluate clinical feasibility and safety of magnetic resonance imaging-guided high-intensity focused ultrasound (MR-HIFU) treatment of symptomatic osteoid osteoma and to compare clinical response with standard of care treatment.

Study Design: Nine subjects with radiologically confirmed, symptomatic osteoid osteoma were treated with MR-HIFU in an institutional review board-approved clinical trial. Treatment feasibility and safety were assessed. Read More

Surgeon 2018 Jun 12;16(3):156-162. Epub 2017 Aug 12.

Department of Orthopaedic Oncology, Glasgow Royal Infirmary, Castle Street, Glasgow, G4 0ET, UK. Electronic address:

Background And Purpose: Osteoid osteoma is an infrequent but debilitating benign bone lesion which can be successfully managed by percutaneous radiofrequency ablation (RFA). There are few studies investigating the efficacy and follow-up of this treatment. An arbitrary upper limit of 15 mm has been used to differentiate between osteoid osteoma and osteoblastoma with surgery used for lesions above this limit. Read More

Skeletal Radiol 2017 Oct 26;46(10):1453-1458. Epub 2017 Jul 26.

Morton and Partners Radiologists, Cape Town, South Africa.

A 12-year-old girl presented with a 1-week history of right hip pain. MRI revealed a lesion in the incompletely fused posterior triradiate cartilage of the right acetabulum with imaging characteristics of an osteoid osteoma. The surgeon requested guidewire placement under CT guidance for lesion drilling. Read More

Indian J Radiol Imaging 2017 Apr-Jun;27(2):207-215

Department of Radiodiagnosis, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India.

Purpose: To evaluate the technical and clinical success of radiofrequency ablation of osteoid osteoma and analyze the factors responsible for clinical success. We also tried to investigate the role of follow-up computed tomography (CT) imaging.

Materials And Methods: This is a prospective study approved by the institute's ethics committee involving 87 patients with appendicular osteoid osteoma. Read More

J Orthop Surg (Hong Kong) 2017 May-Aug;25(2):2309499017720830

4 Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Hadassah-Hebrew University School of Medicine, Shaare Zedek Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel.

Background: Percutaneous radiofrequency ablation (RFA) has been shown to be an effective treatment for soft tissue lesions and also benign bone tumors, especially osteoid osteoma. There are limited data regarding this technique in other bone tumors, specifically larger and more aggressive ones.

Purposes: To describe the use of RFA as a definitive treatment and an alternative to traditional open surgery for the treatment of chondromyxoid fibroma (CMF), a benign but locally aggressive bone tumor. Read More

Acta Radiol 2018 Apr 10;59(4):448-453. Epub 2017 Jul 10.

1 Department of Orthopaedics, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands.

Background Ribbing disease, or multiple diaphyseal sclerosis, is a rare benign bone dysplasia. Purpose To systematically review the literature to determine the clinical and radiological presentation of patients with Ribbing disease as well as the effects of attempted treatments. Material and Methods We considered individual patient data of patients diagnosed with Ribbing disease derived from patient reports and patient series. Read More

Skeletal Radiol 2017 Nov 8;46(11):1561-1565. Epub 2017 Jul 8.

Cleveland Clinic Imaging Institute, 9500 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH, 44106, USA.

Osteoid osteoma is a common benign tumor that is typically found in young adults and children, usually in the long bones of the lower extremity. Radiofrequency ablation (RFA) under computed tomography guidance is the standard of care for symptomatic osteoid osteomas. However, patients with osteoid osteoma of the hand or foot are often treated with open surgery because of the risk of injury to vascular and neural structures from RFA. Read More