Osteoid Osteoma of the Big Toe Mimicking Epidermal Inclusion Cyst, A Case Report And Review of The Literature

Latifa Al Manae, Amani Joudeh, Ahmed Mohamed Aly and Emad Al Absi
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Latifa Al Manae: Department of orthopedics, King Fahad specialist hospital, Saudi Arabia
Amani Joudeh: Department of pathology and laboratory medicine, King Fahad specialist hospital, Saudi Arabia
Emad Al Absi: Medical imaging department, King Fahad specialist hospital, Saudi Arabia, Radiology Department National Cancer Institute, Cairo University, Egypt

Orthopedics and Rheumatology Open Access Journals, 2017, vol. 5, issue 4, 68-70

Abstract: Osteoid osteoma of the small bones of the foot often cause a diagnostic dilemma due to its rare presentation in these bones as well as to the clinical presentation of pain, redness, swelling and warmth, favoring the physician to think of infection in many of the cases reviewed, though in our case report it was initially suspected to be as an inclusion epidermoid cyst.

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Date: 2017
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DOI: 10.19080/OROAJ.2017.05.555666

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