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A 20-year old presented with left hip pain. I had discussed this case at bstneoplasms.com - Case 72.

Case 72 - A Benign Aggressive Epiphyseal Lesion in the Left Femoral Head
20-year-old with hip pain

The left femoral head osteolytic lesion had to be biopsied. There are two typical approaches.

The video discusses

  1. The case
  2. Various approaches to left femoral head and neck lesions.

Video


Region: Hip
Age: 20 years
Findings: Osteolytic lesion left femoral head
Lesion Biopsied: Left femoral head lesion
Size of Lesion: -
Gun: 11G Cook bone biopsy and 16G BARD, 20 mm throw, long
No of cores: 7 for HP and aspirate for micro
Sedation: Yes
Position & Approach: Supine, anterior
Time Taken (marker to wash-out): 11 mins
Complication: None
Level of Difficulty: 3/5
Diagnosis: Chondroblastoma


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Case 152: Hip Joint Biopsy
In an infective arthritis, if aspiration does not yield pus, a synovial biopsy and then a biopsy of any osteolytic lesion should be performed

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