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Osteochondroma - fractured

Case contributed by Hani Makky Al Salam
Diagnosis certain

Presentation

History of trauma.

Patient Data

Age: 12 years
Gender: Male
x-ray

Radiographs of the left knee demonstrate an osteochondroma of the medial femur metaphysis complicated by a fracture. There is an adjacent, more medial, calcific density that appears to be the "missing piece" chipped off of the osteochondroma.

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