A Lytic Bone Lesion in the Phalanx of an 18-year-old Man

• DOI: 10.1097/blo.0b013e31802d6d57
• Publication Date: 2006-11-22T17:14:18Z
• Authors: Shilpa Shah; Shiwan K Shah; Carl Mogil; Stephen M Horowitz
• Keywords: Diagnosis, Differential; Giant Cell Tumor of Bone; Male; Finger Phalanges; 03 medical and health sciences; 0302 clinical medicine; Adolescent; Humans; Bone Neoplasms

HISTORY AND PHYSICAL EXAMINATIONAn 18-year-old man presented with a small bump that he first noticed about 2 weeks before on the dorsal aspect of the middle phalanx immediately distal to the proximal interphalangeal joint on his right middle finger. The bump was associated with tenderness to palpati