Osteochondromas are bone protuberances surrounded by a cartilage layer. They generally affect the extremities of the long bones in an ...NCBISkiptomaincontentSkiptonavigationResourcesHowToAboutNCBIAccesskeysMyNCBISignintoNCBISignOutTryoutPMCLabsandtelluswhatyouthink.LearnMore.JournalListRevBrasOrtopv.49(6);Nov-Dec2014PMC4487501RevBrasOrtop.2014Nov-Dec;49(6):555–564.Publishedonline2014Oct27.doi: 10.1016/j.rboe.2013.10.002PMCID:PMC4487501PMID:26229862Language:English|PortugueseOsteochondroma:ignoreorinvestigate?☆Osteocondroma:ignorarouinvestigar?AntônioMarceloGonçalvesdeSouzaaandRosalvoZósimoBispoJúniorb,c,⁎AntônioMarceloGonçalvesdeSouzaaSchoolofMedicine,FederalUniversityofPernambuco(UFPE),Recife,PE,BrazilFindarticlesbyAntônioMarceloGonçalvesdeSouzaRosalvoZósimoBispoJúniorbSchoolofMedicine,FederalUniversityofParaíba(UFPB),JoãoPessoa,PB,BrazilcUniversityCenterofJoãoPessoa(UNIPÊ),JoãoPessoa,PB,BrazilFindarticlesbyRosalvoZósimoBispoJúniorAuthorinformationArticlenotesCopyrightandLicenseinformationDisclaimeraSchoolofMedicine,FederalUniversityofPernambuco(UFPE),Recife,PE,BrazilbSchoolofMedicine,FederalUniversityofParaíba(UFPB),JoãoPessoa,PB,BrazilcUniversityCenterofJoãoPessoa(UNIPÊ),JoãoPessoa,PB,BrazilRosalvoZósimoBispoJúnior:moc.liamg@opsibomisoz⁎Correspondingauthor.moc.liamg@opsibomisozReceived2013Aug23;Accepted2013Oct31.Copyright©2014SociedadeBrasileiradeOrtopediaeTraumatologia.PublishedbyElsevierEditoraLtda.ThisisanopenaccessarticleundertheCCBY-NC-NDlicense(http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).Seethereferencedarticlewithdoi: 10.1016/j.rbo.2013.10.024.ThisarticlehasbeencitedbyotherarticlesinPMC.Osteochondromasareboneprotuberancessurroundedbyacartilagelayer.Theygenerallyaffecttheextremitiesofthelongbonesinanimmatureskeletonanddeformthem.Theyusuallyoccursingly,butamultipleformofpresentationmaybefound.Theyhaveaverycharacteristicappearanceandareeasilydiagnosed.However,anatypicalsite(intheaxialskeleton)and/ormalignanttransformationofthelesionmaysometimesmakeitd