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Periosteal osteoblastoma of the distal femur

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Osteoblastomas located on the surface of the cortical bone, so-called periosteal osteoblastomas, are extremely rare. We report on a case of periosteal osteoblastoma arising from the posterior surface of the right distal femur in a 17-year-old man. Roentgenographic, computed tomographic, magnetic resonance imaging, and histologic features of the case are presented. Periosteal osteoblastoma should be radiologically and histologically differentiated from myositis ossificans, avulsive cortical irregularity syndrome, osteoid osteoma, parosteal osteosarcoma, periosteal osteosarcoma, and high-grade surface osteosarcoma. Although periosteal osteoblastoma is rare, this tumor should be included in the differential diagnosis of surface-type bone tumors.

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  1. Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, 7-5-1 Kusunoki-cho, Chuo-ku, Kobe, Japan

    Tetsuya Nakatani, Tetsuji Yamamoto, Toshihiro Akisue, Takashi Marui, Toshiaki Hitora, Teruya Kawamoto, Keiko Nagira, Shinichi Yoshiya & Masahiro Kurosaka

  2. Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Hyogo Medical Center for Adults, Akashi, Hyogo, Japan

    Ikuo Fujita & Keiji Matsumoto

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Nakatani, T., Yamamoto, T., Akisue, T. et al. Periosteal osteoblastoma of the distal femur. Skeletal Radiol 33, 107–111 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00256-003-0723-0

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