Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, 1966;48:1185-1190.
© 1966 by The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, Inc
Osteoid Osteoma of the ElbowA Diagnostic Problem
REPORT OF FOUR CASES
RALPH C. MARCOVE M.D.1 and
ROBERT H. FREIBERGER M.D.1
1 From the Hospital for Special Surgery Affiliated with the New York Hospital-Cornell University Medical College and the Bone Service, Department of Surgery, Memorial Hospital for Cancer and Allied Diseases, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, and the James Ewing Hospital of the City of New York
Four cases of osteoid osteoma located in the distal end of the humerus in or near the elbow joint are reviewed. Despite intensive clinical and laboratory investigation, including many roentgenograms, a definite diagnosis of osteoid osteoma was not made preoperatively.
Eventual surgical exploration, with removal of the osteoid osteoma, gave relief of symptoms in all four patients.