Open AccessNora’s lesion of the second toe
Author(s) -
Suresh Senan
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
indian journal of orthopaedics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.434
H-Index - 33
eISSN - 1998-3727
pISSN - 0019-5413
DOI - 10.4103/0019-5413.65150
Subject(s) - medicine , proximal phalanx , lesion , second toe , phalanx , surgery
Bizarre parosteal osteochondromatous proliferation, otherwise known as Nora's lesion, is surface tumor of bone with high probability of local recurrence. The author reports a case of Nora's lesion of the proximal phalanx of the second toe, successfully managed by en bloc excision of the swelling. At four-year follow-up there was no evidence of recurrence.