Antecubital Fossa Solitary Osteochondroma with Associated Bicipitoradial Bursitis

Antecubital fossa lesions are uncommon conditions that present to the orthopaedic clinic. Furthermore, the radius bone is an uncommonly reported location for an osteochondroma, especially when presenting with a concurrent reactive bicipitoradial bursitis. Osteochondromas are a type of developmental...

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Main Authors: Colin Ng, Luigi Bibiano, Stephan Grech, Branko Magazinovic
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Language:English
Published: Wiley 2015-01-01
Series:Case Reports in Orthopedics
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/560372
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description Antecubital fossa lesions are uncommon conditions that present to the orthopaedic clinic. Furthermore, the radius bone is an uncommonly reported location for an osteochondroma, especially when presenting with a concurrent reactive bicipitoradial bursitis. Osteochondromas are a type of developmental lesion rather than a true neoplasm. They constitute up to 15% of all bone tumours and up to 50% of benign bone tumours. They may occur as solitary or multiple lesions. Multiple lesions are usually associated with a syndrome known as hereditary multiple exostoses (HME). Malignant transformation is known to occur but is rare. Bicipitoradial bursitis is a condition which can occur as primary or secondary (reactive) pathology. In our case, the radius bone osteochondroma caused reactive bicipitoradial bursitis. The differential diagnosis of such antecubital fossa masses is vast but may be narrowed down through a targeted history, stepwise radiological investigations, and histological confirmation. Our aim is to ensure that orthopaedic clinicians keep a wide differential in mind when dealing with antecubital fossa mass lesions.
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spelling doaj-art-4c176639ca5847919eee388cdc899f722025-08-20T02:38:39ZengWileyCase Reports in Orthopedics2090-67492090-67572015-01-01201510.1155/2015/560372560372Antecubital Fossa Solitary Osteochondroma with Associated Bicipitoradial BursitisColin Ng0Luigi Bibiano1Stephan Grech2Branko Magazinovic3Department of Trauma and Orthopaedics, Mater Dei Hospital, Triq Dun Karm, Msida MSD 2090, MaltaClinica Ortopedica, Seconda Università degli Studi di Napoli, 4 Via De Crecchio, 80138 Napoli, ItalyDepartment of Trauma and Orthopaedics, Mater Dei Hospital, Triq Dun Karm, Msida MSD 2090, MaltaDepartment of Trauma and Orthopaedics, Mater Dei Hospital, Triq Dun Karm, Msida MSD 2090, MaltaAntecubital fossa lesions are uncommon conditions that present to the orthopaedic clinic. Furthermore, the radius bone is an uncommonly reported location for an osteochondroma, especially when presenting with a concurrent reactive bicipitoradial bursitis. Osteochondromas are a type of developmental lesion rather than a true neoplasm. They constitute up to 15% of all bone tumours and up to 50% of benign bone tumours. They may occur as solitary or multiple lesions. Multiple lesions are usually associated with a syndrome known as hereditary multiple exostoses (HME). Malignant transformation is known to occur but is rare. Bicipitoradial bursitis is a condition which can occur as primary or secondary (reactive) pathology. In our case, the radius bone osteochondroma caused reactive bicipitoradial bursitis. The differential diagnosis of such antecubital fossa masses is vast but may be narrowed down through a targeted history, stepwise radiological investigations, and histological confirmation. Our aim is to ensure that orthopaedic clinicians keep a wide differential in mind when dealing with antecubital fossa mass lesions.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/560372
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Case Reports in Orthopedics
title Antecubital Fossa Solitary Osteochondroma with Associated Bicipitoradial Bursitis
title_full Antecubital Fossa Solitary Osteochondroma with Associated Bicipitoradial Bursitis
title_fullStr Antecubital Fossa Solitary Osteochondroma with Associated Bicipitoradial Bursitis
title_full_unstemmed Antecubital Fossa Solitary Osteochondroma with Associated Bicipitoradial Bursitis
title_short Antecubital Fossa Solitary Osteochondroma with Associated Bicipitoradial Bursitis
title_sort antecubital fossa solitary osteochondroma with associated bicipitoradial bursitis
url http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/560372
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