1,2Professor, 3Assistant Professor, 4Senior Resisdent, Department of Orthopedics, KLE Academy of Higher Education & Medical Research Centre and Dr Prabhakar Kore Hospital & Medical Research Centre, Belgavi 590010, Karnataka, India.
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A fifteen-year-old male patient complains of pain in left hip and plain radiographs revealed an eccentric lesion in the epiphyseal region of femoral head. Lesion was excised by curettage with “g” bone graft through Ganz surgical safe dislocation of hip with trochanteric osteotomy. Histopathology report showed osteoclastoma. Full weight bearing after 3 months, with no recurrence after 2 years.
Keywords : Osteoclastoma; Transfoveal approach to hip; Bone graft.
Corresponding Author : Rajendra B. Uppin, Professor, Department of Orthopedics, KLE Academy of Higher Education & Medical Research Centre and Dr Prabhakar Kore Hospital & Medical Research Centre, Belgavi 590010, Karnataka, India.