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A rare pathology in differential diagnosis of joint pain: Intraarticular osteoid osteoma
Tugrul Ormeci
Nurullah Kaya
Ozgür Korkmaz
Cengiz Erol
Mahir Mahirogullari
Imaging and Radiation Research 2025, 8(1), 11669; https://doi.org/10.24294/irr11669
Submitted:08 Apr 2025
Accepted:04 Aug 2025
Published:11 Aug 2025
Abstract

Osteoid osteoma (OO) is a benign osteoblastic tumor of bone that usually affects children and young adults. They are usually located on metaphysis or diaphysis of long bones. Their clinical, anamnesis and radiological findings are typical. Intra-articular OO however has different properties due to its placement within joints. Sclerosis around the lesion is either minimal or non-existent, but synovitis can be seen in the joint. For this reason, they are usually diagnosed later. In this case series, we diagnosed three cases (2 ankles and 1 hip joint) that were diagnosed with osteochondral lesions previously and had in chronic pain which did not respond to several treatments in different centers with intra-articular OO and treated them with radiofrequency ablation using computerized tomography. Knowing the radiological properties of intra-articular OO and being aware of this condition during differential diagnosis of joint pain cases will be useful to diagnose this rare pathology.


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