RT Journal
A1 Beck, Sarah E.
A1 Schwab, Joseph H.
A1 Rosenthal, Daniel I.
A1 Rosenberg, Andrew E.
A1 Grottkau, Brian E.
T1 Metachronous Osteoid Osteoma of the Tibia and the T7 Vertebral BodyA Case Report
JF The Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery
JO The Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery
YR 2011
FD July 6
VO 93
IS 13
SP e73 1
OP 5
DO 10.2106/JBJS.J.01172
UL http://dx.doi.org/10.2106/JBJS.J.01172
AB 

      Osteoid osteoma is a benign tumor that accounts for approximately 12% of all benign bone tumors1. Affected patients are usually adolescents and young adults, with 70% of patients being younger than twenty years of age at the time of diagnosis. The male:female ratio is 2:12. Patients typically present with dull, aching pain that has been persistent for weeks to months, is characteristically worse at night, and is relieved with aspirin or nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs. Most lesions develop in the cortex or beneath the periosteum of the long bones, although a minority are intramedullary2.