Presentation
Painful swelling on the dorsal aspect of left big toe gradually increasing in size.
Patient Data
CT shows an little exostotic mass on the dorsal aspect of the proximal phalanx of the 1st finger. The protruding bony mass does not connect with the medullary cavity of the phalanx. No adjacent soft tissue abnormality.
The lesion displays with low signal intensity on T1 sequences, without of marrow involvement of the adjacent bone and soft tissue.
The patient was operated with wide excision of the involved cortex with no apparent corticomedullary continuity with the mass.The interphalangeal joint was not found to be involved.
Histological report
Proliferative and haphazardly arranged spindle cells, chondrocytes, with new and calcified bone, diagnostic of bizarre parosteal osteochondromatous proliferation.
Case Discussion
“Nora lesion”, is a rare lesion that occurs in the short bones of the hands and feet and eventually presents as a parosteal mass. Normally arising from the cortical surface and periosteum of these bones. These lesions histologically consist of a hypercellular cartilaginous cap covering a bony stalk that is surrounded by ossified areas and spindle cell stroma. The cortical bone and bone marrow compartment are not involved. The etiology of BPOP has yet to be determined.
Radiographer: TSRM Fabio Imola