Osteochondroma of the talus: an unusual location.

Acta Orthop Traumatol Turc

Department of Pathology, Afyonkocatepe University, Faculty of Medicine, Afyonkarahisar, Turkey.

Published: December 2014

Osteochondroma rarely affects talus although it is the most common primary bone tumor. We report a case of talar osteochondroma in a 6 year-old boy. There was no recurrence two years after the local resection of the lesion.

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