Case report of multiple osteochondroma in a 13 year old patient

Abstract

An osteochondroma is a hereditary osteocartilaginous exostosis of the most common class of benign bone tumors that occurs in young patients. If an osteochondroma causes pain, it is necessary to rule out its possible malignant transformation known as chondrosarcoma. It is common for large osteochondromas to cause displacement of the surrounding vessels. Cases of multiple osteochondroma correspond to a hereditary congenital disease.

Through this study we want to show the current state of the bone lesions already diagnosed, analyze the possible involvement with the metaphyses of the affected bones, and recognize the genetic origin (father or mother) from whom the generation of the lesions comes.

This study was carried out in order to visualize the disease of multiple osteochondroma in which a Direct Digital X-ray equipment was used, with conventional radiological projection techniques for each image requested, in most of them anteroposterior and lateral projections were applied. , except for the hip image.

The patient under study is a 13-year-old male adolescent, who presents deformity due to predominantly right masses in several long bones, classified by biopsy results as benign tumors, whose bone excision was compatible with endochondroma.

This study meets its objectives, and also corroborates the information in the base bibliography by comparing the medical criteria of Traumatology, the X-ray Images, and the Description of Interpretation of the Images.

The imaging findings demonstrate that the tumors compromise the metaphyses of the bones in which they are lodged, so surgical intervention will not be possible until the patient reaches the end of his or her growth years