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CC BY 4.0 · Rev Bras Ortop (Sao Paulo) 2024; 59(02): e327-e330
DOI: 10.1055/s-0041-1724084
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Oncologia

Osteoblastoma of the Capitate Bone: Case Report

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Lucas Gonçalves Dias de Lima 
1   Departamento de Ortopedia e Traumatologia, Hospital das Clínicas, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brasil
,
Ubiratan Brum de Castro 
2   Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brasil
,
Gustavo Pacheco Ferreira Martins 
3   Hospital das Clínicas, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brasil
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Abstract

Carpal bone tumors must be investigated in clinical cases of chronic wrist pain with no previous trauma. Intraosseous ganglion, enchondroma, osteoid osteoma, and, less commonly, osteoblastoma are potential causes of osteolytic lesions affecting the carpal bones. In most cases, the clinical presentation alone is not enough to differentiate such lesions. Knowledge of certain characteristics, including the radiological and histopathological aspects of each of these tumors, is critical in order to make the differential diagnosis. We present a rare case of osteoblastoma of the capitate bone and review the literature on the subject.

Keywords

carpal bones - osteoblastoma - bone neoplasms - hand

Work carried out at the Hospital das Clínicas, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil.




Publication History

Received: 05 October 2020

Accepted: 28 October 2020

Article published online:
19 April 2021

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