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J Wrist Surg
December 2024
Division of Hand and Upper Extremity Surgery, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, College of Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida.
Carpal bone tumors are rare in the literature, making it difficult to identify their clinical presentation. This systematic review analyzes the characteristics of published carpal bone tumor cases to identify the most frequent patterns in diagnoses. Attention is paid to the carpal bone involved and type, and patient demographics was performed to summarize published findings.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFOsteoblastoma is an infrequent primary osseous tumour. Its presentation in the upper extremities and more specifically in the carpal bones is unusual. We present a case of osteoblastoma localized in the hamate bone and review the treatment realized in this infrequent localization.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFEklem Hastalik Cerrahisi
February 2016
Department of Orthopedics and Traumatology and Hand Surgery, Medical Faculty of Mersin University, Research and Application Hospital, Mersin, Turkey.
Osteoblastoma in the os hamatum is rarely seen. Although curettage and grafting seems to be disadvantageous, it offers advantages in the functional protection in the treatment of carpal bone-located osteoblastoma. In a 39-year-old housewife who was admitted with painful left wrist through all day for the past one year, physical examination revealed painful hypothenar region with the wrist adduction to the ulna.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFOrthop Traumatol Surg Res
October 2010
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Traumatology, Habib Bourguiba Teaching Medical Center and Sfax Faculty of Medicine, el Aïn Higway km 0.5, 3029 Sfax, Tunisia.
We report the case of an osteoblastoma of the hamate bone that was successfully treated by curettage. This tumor is very rare in a carpal bone and only nine cases have been reported in the literature. Pathological examination is mandatory before treatment due to the lack of distinctive clinical and radiological features.
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