An unusual cause of chest pain: rib osteoblastoma

Osteoblastoma of the Rib Mimicking Lymphomatous Involvement on 18F-FDG PET/CT Imaging

“…It has been reported that osteoblastoma can accumulate 18 F-FDG, 6–10 which was consistent with the PET/CT manifestations in our patient. According to previous reports, most cases of rib osteoblastoma manifest as large masses with a certain space-occupying effect, and the tumor size is usually much larger than that of this patient 11–16 . The observations in this case expand our knowledge about the etiology of lesions in the ribs.…”

“…According to previous reports, most cases of rib osteoblastoma manifest as large masses with a certain space-occupying effect, and the tumor size is usually much larger than that of this patient. [11][12][13][14][15][16] The observations in this case expand our knowledge about the etiology of lesions in the ribs. Osteoblastoma should be considered in the differential diagnosis of unexplained focal lesions of the ribs on 18 F-FDG PET/CT in elderly patients.…”