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Osteoid osteoma

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A benign tumor of bone tissue.

It emerges most often in the teens or 20s, and is found most frequently in the femur and in males.

Symptoms include pain, mostly at night.

Diagnosis is by X-ray.

Most cases do not require invasive treatment, just the use of aspirin or non-aspirin analgesics for pain

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