Chondroblastoma: a rare cause of femoral neck fracture in a teenager |
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Authors: | Paloski Michael D Griesser Michael J Jacobson Mark E Scharschmidt Thomas J |
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Institution: | Department of Orthopaedics, Doctors Hospital, Columbus, Ohio, USA. |
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Abstract: | Chondroblastomas usually present in the epiphyseal region of bones in skeletally immature patients. These uncommon, benign tumors are usually treated with curettage and use of a bone-void filler. Here we report a case of a hip fracture secondary to an underlying chondroblastoma in a 19-year-old woman. Open biopsy with intraoperative frozen section pointed toward a diagnosis of chondroblastoma. Extended curettage was performed, followed by cryotherapy with a liquid nitrogen gun and filling of the defect with calcium phosphate bone substitute. The femoral neck fracture was stabilized with a sliding hip screw construct. The patient progressed well and continued to regain functional status. A final pathology report confirmed the lesion to be a chondroblastoma. Clinicians should have heightened awareness of a pathologic lesion in a young person presenting with a femoral neck fracture and should consider the uncommon differential diagnosis that the lesion is located in the greater trochanter apophysis. |
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