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anuerysmal bone cyst VS osteochondroma
by tanns, May 31, 2007 12:00AM
My son has a bone growth on his left 8th rib. After a xray, CT scan and an MRI, they can only narrow down the possibilities to the bone cyst or osteochondroma. They are telling us that we need to:
1) check it every four months with CT's
2) biopsy it
My son is only 5 and neither one of these options are great. I was wondering if anyone knew of anything else or somewhere else that could distinguish between the two possibilities? I've called a couple surgeons, they want to see him and then decide if they will do the surgery. I can't afford to go from doc to doc for someone to decide. Either they do or they don't. Okay, now I'm rambling. If anyone has any suggestions, I would really appreciate them!!
Take care all!!
1) check it every four months with CT's
2) biopsy it
My son is only 5 and neither one of these options are great. I was wondering if anyone knew of anything else or somewhere else that could distinguish between the two possibilities? I've called a couple surgeons, they want to see him and then decide if they will do the surgery. I can't afford to go from doc to doc for someone to decide. Either they do or they don't. Okay, now I'm rambling. If anyone has any suggestions, I would really appreciate them!!
Take care all!!
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