Diagnosis and treatment of intramedullary osteosclerosis: a report of three cases and literature review.

BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders
Kensaku AbeHiroyuki Tsuchiya

Abstract

Intramedullary osteosclerosis (IMOS) is a rare condition without specific radiological findings except for the osteosclerotic lesion and is not associated with family history and infection, trauma, or systemic illness. Although the diagnosis of IMOS is confirmed after excluding other osteosclerotic lesions, IMOS is not well known because of its rarity and no specific feature. Therefore, these situations might result in delayed diagnosis. Hence, this case report aimed to investigate three cases of IMOS and discuss imaging findings and clinical outcomes. All three cases were examined between 2015 and 2019. The location of osteosclerotic lesions were femoral diaphyses in the 60-year-old man (Case 1) and 41-year-old woman (Case 2) and tibial diaphysis in the 44-year-old woman (Case 3). All cases complained of severe pain and showed massive diaphyseal osteosclerotic lesions in plain radiograms and computed tomography (CT) scans. Cases 2 and 3 were examined using the triphasic bone scan, and a fusiform-shaped intense area of the tracer uptake on delayed bone image was detected in both cases without (Case 2) or slightly increased vascularity (Case 3) on the blood pool image, which was reported as a specific finding of IMOS. Open biops...Continue Reading

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Aug 8, 2021·International Journal of Molecular Sciences·Liberato GiardulloFrancesco Paolo Cantatore

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