Abstract
We present a 24-year-old man and a 31-year-old woman who complained of persistent back pain with osteoid osteoma of the thoracic spine. Computed tomography (CT) revealed a round sclerotic lesion in the posterior element of the thoracic spine, although their plain radiographs showed no abnormalities except a slight scoliosis. The patients underwent total excision of the tumor via a posterior approach. They are currently asymptomatic with no recurrence of the lesion and have returned to full activity. The thin slice CT is one of the most important diagnostic tools for osteoid osteoma of the spine.
MeSH terms
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Adult
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Back Pain / diagnostic imaging*
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Back Pain / etiology
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Back Pain / pathology
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Bone Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging*
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Bone Neoplasms / pathology
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Bone Neoplasms / surgery
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Decompression, Surgical
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Neurosurgical Procedures
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Osteoma, Osteoid / diagnostic imaging*
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Osteoma, Osteoid / pathology
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Osteoma, Osteoid / surgery
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Predictive Value of Tests
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Scoliosis / diagnostic imaging
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Scoliosis / etiology
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Scoliosis / pathology
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Spinal Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging*
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Spinal Neoplasms / pathology
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Spinal Neoplasms / surgery
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Thoracic Vertebrae / diagnostic imaging*
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Thoracic Vertebrae / pathology
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Thoracic Vertebrae / surgery
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Tomography, X-Ray Computed / methods*
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Tomography, X-Ray Computed / standards
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Treatment Outcome