The third child was a 12-year-old male presenting to the outpatient department with complaints of swelling located in the medial aspect of right knee for the last three months. The swelling was insidious in onset without any history of trauma or fever. It was of the size of a lemon, as described by the patient’s guardian. There was associated vague pain in the same area, without any aggravating factor. There was no history of rapid increase in the size of swelling or the intensity of pain. Similar to the other two cases, there was no other swelling or pain elsewhere in the body. On examination, it was found that there was a bony hard, spherical, nodular, tender swelling on the medial aspect of right proximal tibia measuring 3 x 3 cm in size. The overlying skin was normal. Range of motion of knee joint was comparable to the other side. Plain radiograph of the right knee showed the presence of a bony outgrowth from the medial aspect of right proximal tibial metaphysis suggestive of an osteochondroma (Figure ). There was no evidence of malignant transformation on the plain radiograph. The patient was advised rest from exertional activities along with analgesic medications for three weeks causing reduction in pain. However, soon the pain started again gradually over a few days, for which the patient was injected with injection hydrocortisone and 2% xylocaine at the most tender point in the pes anserinus area. After this intervention, the patient became pain-free. The patient was regularly followed-up to check malignant transformation of the swelling. At the last follow-up of one-and-a-half years, there was no increase in the size of swelling or recurrence of pain.
Another 13-year-old male child presented to the outpatient department with similar complaints of knee pain on the left side for the last two months. The onset was insidious and there was no history of trauma. There was no history of swelling or pain in any other part of the body. On examination, it was found that tenderness was present at the medial aspect of left proximal tibia. No swelling was palpable. Rest of the local examination and systemic examination were unremarkable. Plain radiographs of the left knee revealed a sharp bony spur arising from proximal tibial metaphysis, similar to the first case (Figure ). But the radiograph of the contra-lateral knee was unremarkable. The patient was again advised rest and analgesic medications for three weeks. No other subsequent intervention was required, and at the last follow-up of two years, there was no recurrence of pain.