Journal of Pediatric Surgery Case Reports (Sep 2018)

Delayed diagnosis of subungual osteochondroma

  • Limael E. Rodriguez,
  • Joel E. Rodriguez,
  • Luis Delgadillo,
  • Jose E. Rodriguez

Journal volume & issue
Vol. 36
pp. 1 – 2

Abstract

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Subungual osteochondroma is a rare benign tumor that is often missed at initial evaluation. In this case report, we present a prepubescent boy that presented with a subungual mass, which was misdiagnosed and treated as a simple wart.