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An Innovative Journal in the Field of Radiology
e-ISSN 2008-2711
p-ISSN 1735-1065
A Rare Case of Rib Osteoblastoma: Imaging Features and Review of Literature
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1Department of Pathology,Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Yazd, Iran
2Department of Radiology, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Yazd, Iran
3Department of Surgery, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Yazd, Iran
*Corresponding Author: Department of Pathology, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, shokouh_zahir@yahoo.com, Iran. Tel: +98-3518113615. Fax: +98-3518224100. Email: shokouh_zahir@yahoo.com
Published online:Aug 29, 2013
Article type:Case Report
Received:Jul 06, 2012
Accepted:Dec 11, 2012
How to Cite:Taghipour Zahir S, Sefidrokh Sharahjin N, Kargar S. A Rare Case of Rib Osteoblastoma: Imaging Features and Review of Literature. I J Radiol. 2013;10(3):. doi: https://doi.org/10.5812/iranjradiol.7108
Abstract
Osteoblastoma is a rare benign, but locally aggressive bone tumor with rare malignant transformation. It mostly affects the vertebral column and long bones. Radiographically, it is seen as an expansile, oval, sclerotic or lytic mass-like lesion with well-defined borders, although sometimes it may mimic a malignant tumor such as osteogenic sarcoma by its irregular borders. Herein, we report a case of osteoblastoma in a 22 year-old man with a long history of back and neck pain accompanied with neck stiffness. On the routine chest X-ray, the salient lesion appeared as an expansile, oval, sclerotic mass with well-defined borders and speckled calcification without any internal lucency and periosteal reaction, involving the posterolateral aspect of the first left thoracic rib, a rare anatomical site. Despite the unusual location, osteoblastoma should be considered in the differential diagnosis of a solitary rib lesion.
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