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Osteochondroma of the left humerous with progessive enlargement

Case contributed by: Professor Rady Warda

From the case: Osteochondroma of the left humerous with progessive enlargement

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Case Discussion:

A male child aged 9 years old ,known to have osteochnodrma complaining of recent regional pain and swelling .Plain xray was done revealing cassic osteochondroma.MRI with contrast was performed to confirm and to exclude possibility of early malignant transformation .MRI showed bright signal intensity of the bone marrow of the exostosis but cartilegenous cap thickness is prerved , no cortical destruction nor soft tissue component ,After contrast GD.DTPA, no signficant enhancement could be appreciated suggestive to bone marrow edema /contusion of recent but non signficant trauma as confirmed by the patient retrospectively.