Clinicopathologic features and treatment of osteoid osteoma and osteoblastoma in children and adolescents
Frassica, F.J.; Waltrip, R.L.; Sponseller, P.D.; Ma, L.D.; McCarthy, E.F.
Orthopedic Clinics of North America 27(3): 559-574
1996
ISSN/ISBN: 0030-5898 PMID: 8649737 Document Number: 456594
Benign bone-forming tumors are common in children. Careful radiographic imaging is necessary to plan surgical treatment. Careful histologic study is necessary to distinguish osteoblastoma from more aggressive tumors. Osteoid osteoma should be considered when the child or adolescent presents with pain in an extremity or along the spine.