The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, Vol 68, Issue 5 747-751, Copyright © 1986 by Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, Inc
Osteoid-osteoma: intraoperative tetracycline-fluorescence demonstration of the nidus
AG Ayala, JA Murray, MA Erling and AK Raymond
Nine patients with a clinical and radiographic diagnosis of osteoid-osteoma
received 750 to 4,000 milligrams of tetracycline preoperatively. Immediate
examination of the surgically removed specimens under ultraviolet light
demonstrated fluorescence of the nidus in all nine patients. Reactive and
normal bone did not fluoresce. This simple technique permits quick, easy,
economical, and sure verification that the nidus has been excised.