ISSN 0304-596X | E-ISSN: 2148-7669
Ağrılı Büyük Frontal Osteoid Osteoma [Acta Oncol Tur.]
Acta Oncol Tur.. 2011; 44(1): 29-31

Ağrılı Büyük Frontal Osteoid Osteoma

Mehmet Basmacı1, Aşkın Esen Hastürk1
Onkoloji Eğitim Ve Araştırma Hastanesi, Nöroşirürji Bölümü

Osteoid osteoma is a benign tumor that usually involves the cortex of the long bones, the vertebrae and, occasionally, the cranial bones. Osteoid osteoma is a lesion mostly occurring in young males, characterized by a nidus, a radiolucent nodule with a diameter less than 2 cm, and a sclerotic region surrounding this nodule. Clinically, it is also characterized by a pain that wakes the sufferer at night, which is relieved upon the administration of aspirin. In this case report, we present a case of osteoma in the frontal region of a 56-year-old female patient

Keywords: Frontal region, benign lesion, osteoma, treatment

Mehmet Basmacı, Aşkın Esen Hastürk. Ağrılı Büyük Frontal Osteoid Osteoma. Acta Oncol Tur.. 2011; 44(1): 29-31
Manuscript Language: Turkish
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