Abstract

CHAO CARRASCO, Lina; TAMAYO FIGUEROA, Alicia; RONDON GARCIA, Osana Vilma  and  ESCANDON LEON, Frank. Codman triangle versus malignancy signs: Report of 2 cases. Rev Cubana Ortop Traumatol [online]. 1999, vol.13, n.1-2, pp. 119-122. ISSN 1561-3100.

Periostatic reactions are common in bone lesions. In spite of the fact that they are radiographically recognized, there are considerable groundless apprehensions on their diagnosis. Codman’s triangle is an image described for the first time in 1914 by Ribbert, who attributed it to a periostic elevation caused by a mass of expansion. Considered long since as a manifestation of malignant osteopathy, it is admitted at present that it may be the result of any malignant or bening swelling that raises the periostium. Codman’s triangle-like periostatic reaction, whose diagnosis of Pathological Anatomy corresponds to bening tumorlike lesions, appears in the radiographies of the 2 cases presented.

Keywords : BONE DISEASES [complications]; SOFT TISSUE NEOPLASMS;; KNEE INJURIES.

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