Question
Identify the well-circumscribed osteolytic lesion in an 8-year-old child in the calcaneum with a pigmented deposit with pathologic age:
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Ochronosis
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Hemophilic pseudotumor
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Pigmented villonodular Synovitis
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Eumycetes/mycetoma
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Show Answer
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Correct Answer � B
Explanation
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Ans: b. Hemophilic pseudotumor
- X-ray is useful in diagnosing intraosseous pseudotumors.
- Unilocular or multiloculated, lytic, expansile lesions of variable size appearance in X-ray.
- Pathological fractures can also be present.
- Metaphysis, diaphysis, and epiphysis of long bones are involved in this case.
