This Article
Right arrow Full Text
Right arrow Full Text (PDF)
Right arrow Letters to the Editor: Submit a response
Right arrow Alert me when this article is cited
Right arrow Alert me when Letters to the Editor are posted
Right arrow Alert me if a correction is posted
Services
Right arrow E-mail this article to a friend
Right arrow Similar articles in this journal
Right arrow Similar articles in PubMed
Right arrow Alert me to new issues of the journal
Right arrow Add to My File Cabinet
Right arrow Download to citation manager
Right arrowReprints and Permissions
Citing Articles
Right arrow Citing Articles via HighWire
Right arrow Citing Articles via Google Scholar
Google Scholar
Right arrow Articles by OGAWA, K.
Right arrow Articles by UI, M.
Right arrow Search for Related Content
PubMed
Right arrow PubMed Citation
Right arrow Articles by OGAWA, K.
Right arrow Articles by UI, M.
Social Bookmarking
Add to CiteULike   Add to Connotea   Add to Del.icio.us   Add to Technorati  
What's this?
The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery 81:404-8 (1999)
© 1999 The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, Inc.

Symptomatic Osteochondroma of the Clavicle. A Report of Two Cases*

KIYOHISA OGAWA, M.D.{dagger}, ATSUSHI YOSHIDA, M.D.{dagger} and MICHIMASA UI, M.D.{dagger}, TOKYO, JAPAN

Investigation performed at the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, School of Medicine, Keio University, Tokyo


   Introduction
 
An osteochondroma is a benign lesion that is often considered to be the most common type of bone tumor; however, it is actually a developmental physeal growth defect19. A solitary osteochondroma is encountered more frequently than are multiple hereditary osteochondromas18,25. This defect may develop in any bone in which endochondral ossification occurs, but the principal locations are the long bones, especially the femur, the humerus, and the tibia18,25. The lesion rarely occurs in the clavicle. Although it typically presents as an asymptomatic slow-growing osseous mass, symptoms resulting from various causes may occur after local expansion4,5,8,9,13,18,23,25,26. We report the cases of two patients who had a painful solitary osteochondroma that was located at the lateral end of the clavicle.


   Case Reports
 
CASE 1. A twenty-six-year-old man who worked as a clerk was seen in July 1995 because of a three-year history of pain in the left shoulder. The pain . . . [Full Text of this Article]


Add to CiteULike CiteULike   Add to Connotea Connotea   Add to Del.icio.us Del.icio.us   Add to Technorati Technorati    What's this?


This article has been cited by other articles:


Home page
 J Am Acad Orthop SurgHome page
R. K. Beals and D. D. Sauser
Nontraumatic Disorders of the Clavicle
J. Am. Acad. Ortho. Surg., April 1, 2006; 14(4): 205 - 214.
[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Home page
 JBJSHome page
A. V. Mollano, M. L. Hagy, K. B. Jones, and J. A. Buckwalter
Unusual Osteochondroma of the Medial Part of the Clavicle Causing Subclavian Vein Thrombosis and Brachial Plexopathy. A Case Report
J. Bone Joint Surg. Am., December 1, 2004; 86(12): 2747 - 2750.
[Full Text] [PDF]