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Solitary osteochondroma in the body of the pubic bone: a cadaveric case report

  • Nayak, Satheesha B. (Department of Anatomy, Melaka Manipal Medical College (Manipal Campus), Manipal Academy of Higher Education) ;
  • Kumar, Naveen (Department of Anatomy, Melaka Manipal Medical College (Manipal Campus), Manipal Academy of Higher Education) ;
  • Sirasanagandla, Srinivasa Rao (Department of Human and Clinical Anatomy, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Sultan Qaboos University) ;
  • Srinivas, Srilatha Parampalli (Department of Pathology, Kasturba Medical College, Manipal Academy of Higher Education) ;
  • Pamidi, Narendra (Faculty in Anatomy, Jeffrey Cheah School of Medicine & Health Sciences, Monash University) ;
  • Shetty, Surekha D. (Department of Anatomy, Melaka Manipal Medical College (Manipal Campus), Manipal Academy of Higher Education)
  • Received : 2017.09.22
  • Accepted : 2018.04.11
  • Published : 2018.06.30
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Abstract

Osteochondromas develop as cartilaginous nodules in the periosteum of bones. They are the commonest benign tumors of the skeleton, generally observed in the long bones. Rarely, they are also found in the axial skeleton, flat bones of skull and facial bones. During a regular dissection, we came across a solitary osteochondroma in posterior surface of the body of the right pubic bone. Histopathology of the bony projection confirmed the typical features of the osteochondroma. The symptomatic osteochondromas are usually evaluated during radiographic examination. Though, the observed osteochondroma is relatively smaller its unusual location is remarkable and knowledge of occurrence of such nodules is clinically important during the diagnosis and planning of treatment.

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