Abstract
Ostehochondroma is a common primary benign bone tumor, and is mostly asymptomatic. Symptoms are related complications due to compression on the adjacent nerve. The sciatic nerve compression secondary to osteochondroma has rarely been reported. A 21 year-old man had right hip pain radiated to the right lower extremity. In a radiological evaluation, bone mass was detected at the right ischial tuberosity. After dynamic ultrasonography, we excised the bone mass and decompressed the sciatic nerve. The bone mass was diagnosed as osteochondroma by pathologic evaluation. We report the case with a review of the literature.
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Fig. 1
Preoperative radiographs. (A) Simple radiograph shows exophytic mass lesion with cortical expansion around right ischial tuberosity. (B) Computed tomograph shows exophytic mass lesion with cortical expansion around right ischial tuberosity and the mass narrows space between ischium and femoral neck. (C), (D) Magnetic resonance images show the same appearance with the simple radiograph and computed tomograph. The mass lesion shows isointense signal compared with nearby bone by both T1 and T2 weighted image. There is no evidence of sciatic nerve compression.
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Fig. 2
Preoperative musculoskeletal Ultrasonogram. (A) The sciatic nerve is visualized and the gap between the sciatic nerve and bony mass is identified in preoperative musculoskeletal sono with prone position. (B) The sciatic nerve is not visualized and gap is not identified in hip flexion position. Arrows indicates the sciatic nerve. Capital M indicates the hypoechoic bone mass lesion.
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Fig. 3
Clinical photographs. (A) Intraoperative photograph shows osteochondroma of ischial tuberosity compressed the sciatic nerve which was swellen. Gray arrow indicates bony mass of ischial tuberosity. White arrow indicates the sciatic nerve. (B) Grossly, mass up to 2.5×1.8 cm were submitted. The specimen showed cancellous bone covered with cartilage cap, 0.25 cm in greatest thickness.
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