Osteobastoma of the Talus: A case report and review of the literature

Hassan Elsayed; Ananya Puttaraju; Gillian Cribb; Paul Cool; Hytham Afifi; Omer Abdalla

doi:10.1016/j.foot.2017.01.004

Osteobastoma of the Talus: A case report and review of the literature

Foot (Edinb). 2017 Mar:30:59-62. doi: 10.1016/j.foot.2017.01.004. Epub 2017 Jan 17.

Authors

Hassan Elsayed¹, Ananya Puttaraju², Gillian Cribb³, Paul Cool³, Hytham Afifi², Omer Abdalla²

Affiliations

¹ Trauma and Orthopedics, Tameside NHS Hospital, Ashton-Under-Lyne, UK. Electronic address: [email protected].
² Trauma and Orthopedics, Tameside NHS Hospital, Ashton-Under-Lyne, UK.
³ Orthopaedic & Oncological Surgeon, The Robert Jones and Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Oswestry, UK.

PMID: 28282544
DOI: 10.1016/j.foot.2017.01.004

Abstract

Osteoblastoma is benign bone forming tumour with rare malignant transformation. The common locations include spine, proximal humerus and hip. It rarely affects the talus. A case of osteoblastoma of the talus in a 33-years old healthy male who presented to the foot and ankle clinic in October 2015 complaining of pain of the right ankle for 12 months following football injury is discussed.

Keywords: Osteoblastoma; Talus tumour.

Publication types

Case Reports
Review

MeSH terms

Adult
Arthralgia / etiology
Bone Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging*
Bone Neoplasms / pathology
Bone Neoplasms / surgery
Edema / etiology
Humans
Male
Osteoblastoma / diagnostic imaging*
Osteoblastoma / pathology
Osteoblastoma / surgery
Talus / diagnostic imaging*
Talus / pathology
Talus / surgery