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Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, 1952;34:386-388.
© 1952 by The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, Inc

THORN-INDUCED "TUMORS" OF BONE

DONALD J. MAYLAHN M.D.1

1 CHICAGO, ILLINOIS

Certain plant thorns in or near bone can cause a reaction in this tissue which may simulate a neoplasm or granuloma. The author has been able to uncover three cases. It is not known whether other organic material will cause a similar reaction. It is evident that most organic materials, such as catgut, do not cause such response in bone.

The physician should maintain a high degree of suspicion to rule out the possibility of organic material causing reaction in bone and consider it in the roentgenographic differential diagnosis of bone neoplasia.


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