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ArticleCureus2021

Minor Shoulder Injury Reveals Spontaneous Regression of Proximal Humerus Osteochondroma.

George Kalifis, Theodorakys Marin Fermin, Efstathios Konstantinou, Vasilios Raoulis, Michael Hantes

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Article in Cureus, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed, 1 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

George KalifisDepartment of Orthopedic Surgery & Musculoskeletal Trauma, University General Hospital of Larissa, Larissa, GRC.
Theodorakys Marin FerminDepartment of Traumatology, Hospital Universitario Periférico de Coche, Caracas, VEN.
Efstathios KonstantinouDepartment of Orthopedic Surgery & Musculoskeletal Trauma, University General Hospital of Larissa, Larissa, GRC.
Vasilios RaoulisEmergency Department, University General Hospital of Larissa, Larissa, GRC.
Michael HantesDepartment of Orthopedic Surgery & Musculoskeletal Trauma, University General Hospital of Larissa, Larissa, GRC.
University Hospital of Larissa · GRHospital Clínico Universitario de Caracas · VE

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Osteochondromas are the most common benign bone tumor; nonetheless, the natural history is poorly understood as a result of the low threshold for resection and the fact that many of these lesions are asymptomatic and therefore never diagnosed. We present a case of a 17-year-old patient whose routine shoulder X-ray evaluation, due to a minor shoulder injury, revealed spontaneous regression of a previously documented left proximal humerus osteochondroma at six years follow-up. The likelihood of spontaneous regression should be better understood by orthopedic surgeons and taken into account in the decision process of whether to remove osteochondromas surgically or wait.

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benign tumor shoulderosteochondromapaediatric orthopedicsshoulder tumorspontaneous regression of osteochondroma

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PMID34354896
PMCPMC8328843
OpenAlexW3190083887

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