ARTHROSCOPIC REMOVAL OF AN OSTEOID OSTEOMA OF THE TALUS - A CASE-REPORT

This article describes a patient with a 10-year history of persistent ankle pain. Differential diagnosis included osteoid osteoma and anteri or ankle impingement. This patient subsequently underwent arthroscopic excision of a lesion on the talar neck following a complete radiograp hic work-up, which was nondiagnostic. The diagnosis of osteoid osteoma was finalized upon pathologic study of the arthroscopic shavings. The use of a motorized instrument for excision did not preclude pathologi c evaluation of the specimen. Therefore, in an accessible location on the talar neck, arthroscopic excision of an osteoid osteoma can be per formed.