ABSTRACT
Osteoblastoma is a rare benign bone tumor occurring in adults younger than 30 years, with a clear predominance in men. It mainly occurs at the level of the spine and of the diaphysis in long bones. It occurs exceptionally in the ankle. We here report the case of an adult patient with osteoblastoma of the left ankle revealed by localized pain and partial functional disability. Standard radiographic evaluation was normal. Given the persistence of complaints CT scan was performed, but findings resulted in a misdiagnosis of osteochondritis. Anatomo-pathological examination of the surgical specimen allowed to adjust the diagnosis. Patient' s outcome was simple with very satisfactory functional result. Our case study is important due to the uncommon age of occurrence of the disease (patient older than 30 years) and to its unusual location at the level of the ankle. Even if aggressive forms have been reported in the literature, the prognosis of osteoblastoma is good and recurrences can be avoided by adequate surgical treatment.
Subject(s)
Ankle/pathology , Bone Neoplasms/diagnosis , Osteoblastoma/diagnosis , Tomography, X-Ray Computed/methods , Adult , Bone Neoplasms/pathology , Bone Neoplasms/surgery , Humans , Male , Osteoblastoma/pathology , Osteoblastoma/surgery , Osteochondritis/diagnosisABSTRACT
Elbow dislocations are very frequent. We conducted a retrospective study of 40 patients with dislocations of the elbow whose data were collected between 2013 and 2015. All patients underwent emergency reduction under sedation or under general anesthesia. Treatment was completed with antalgic immobilization for about ten days followed by active mobilization. After a mean follow-up period of 24 months, flexion and extension mobility greater than 100ο was obtained in more than 80% of patients and only two cases had severe stiffness. Overall outcomes assessed using Mayo Elbow Performance Score ranged from good to very good in 35 patients, they were medium in three patients and bad only in two cases.
