Luke F Western
Bone Tumours of the Talus: 18-Year Cohort of Patients With Rare Osteoid Lesions
Western, Luke F; Dhawan, Rohit; Cribb, Gillian; Shepherd, Karen; Cool, Paul
Abstract
Background
Bone tumours of the talus are a rare cause of ankle pain. This study aims to provide additional clinical clarity regarding the presentation and management of a minimally researched topic.
Methods
Sixteen patients were diagnosed with bone tumour of the talus between 2002 and 2020 following referral for ankle pain. Symptoms, diagnosis, and management were retrospectively reviewed. Patients were actively followed up until consistently symptom-free and consenting to discharge (mean of 2.9 years). An open appointment was offered to all patients to reattend the unit if symptoms recurred.
Results
The most common diagnosis was osteoid osteoma/osteoblastoma (nine patients), chondroblastoma (four patients), a giant cell tumour of bone, a chondral lesion in Ollier’s disease and a rare metastatic renal cancer case. The mean age of onset was 29 years. Thirteen patients experienced ankle pain without a clear precipitating cause. Night pain was less common in osteoid osteoma/osteoblastoma than usually observed in the literature. The mean delay in diagnosis was two years, often due to an incorrect diagnosis of soft tissue injury. Plain radiographs are insufficient to identify most lesions.
Ten patients underwent computed tomography (CT)-guided radiofrequency ablation and five patients had open surgical curettage. Ollier’s disease was managed with orthotics. The five cases of recurrence across four patients were managed operatively.
Conclusions
Patients are usually young and healthy with benign disease, but talus tumours can cause significant functional impairment. Unexplained ankle pain should be extensively examined and be further investigated with magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and CT scanning to avoid missing these rare tumours.
Citation
Western, L. F., Dhawan, R., Cribb, G., Shepherd, K., & Cool, P. (2021). Bone Tumours of the Talus: 18-Year Cohort of Patients With Rare Osteoid Lesions. Cureus, 13(2), Article e13565. https://doi.org/10.7759/cureus.13565
Journal Article Type | Article |
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Acceptance Date | Feb 26, 2021 |
Publication Date | Feb 26, 2021 |
Deposit Date | Jun 21, 2023 |
Journal | Cureus |
Print ISSN | 2168-8184 |
Publisher | Springer |
Peer Reviewed | Peer Reviewed |
Volume | 13 |
Issue | 2 |
Article Number | e13565 |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.7759/cureus.13565 |
Keywords | General Medicine |
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