Spontaneous osteochondroma resolution in a young female: imaging and histopathological findings

To report the first operated and histopathologically studied case of spontaneously resolving solitary osteochondroma. An 18-year-old girl presented with leg pain of 2 months' duration. She had been diagnosed to have a proximal tibial osteochondroma since the age of 9 years. Excision biopsy of the tumor remnant and its surrounding tissue was done after CT and MRI imaging. The spontaneous resolution of this case could have been due to simultaneous interruption of blood supply to the tumor and its cartilaginous cap or hyperemia around the tumor

Intrabursal vein abrasion and thrombosis: an unusual complication of femoral osteochondroma

A 21-year-old female with right distal femoral pedunculated osteochondroma is presented. She was admitted for severe lower limb pain, and swelling of one week duration. Clinical findings supported deep vein thrombosis [DVT] but Doppler ultrasound, and venography were normal. Surgical exploration revealed a large bursa around the tumor with a big vein abraded and thrombosed inside the bursa