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Report is confident that it a benign osteochondroma! how can they know without biopsy?
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Characteristic X-ray: Many bone lesions have a "classic" look on radiological imaging. An osteochondroma will often present as a painless, slow-growing mass in a young person, frequently around the knee joint.
Answered 5/2/2016
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