Osteoid osteoma of the femur: masquerading the tethered cord syndrome

Authors

  • Amit Agrawal
  • Rajesh Dulani
  • Pankaj Banode
  • Sandeep Shrivastava
  • Anil Sunkara

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3941/jrcr.v3i4.135

Keywords:

Osteoid osteoma, tethered cord syndrome, pediatric tumor, femur

Abstract

We present an illustrative case of osteoid osteoma of the femur, in an 11 year old male child where the clinical features were masquerading the diagnosis of tethered cord syndrome and lead to the delay in diagnosis.

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Published

2009-04-04

Issue

Vol. 3 No. 4 (2009)

Section

Pediatric Radiology

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