The healing pattern of osteoid osteomas on computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging after thermocoagulation

Abstract

Complete, or almost complete, ossification of the treated nidus on CT correlated with successful treatment. Absence of this ossification pattern, however, did not correlate with treatment failure. CT could not be used to identify the activity of the nidus following treatment. The value of MR parameters to assess residual activity of the nidus was limited in this study.