title: A rare bone tumor in an unusual location: osteoblastoma of the vertebral body.
abstract: Most osteoblastomas involve the posterior elements alone, or both the posterior elements and the vertebral bodies. Osteoblastomas confined in the body of the vertebrae are very rare. Spinal osteoblastomas are associated with localized pain in about 80% of cases and neurological deficits in 25% to 50% of cases. Nearly half of lumbar and thoracic osteoblastomas demonstrate coexistent scoliosis with the convex side away from the involved side of the vertebrae.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio 78284-7800.
authors.forename: V D
authors.initials: VD
authors.lastname: Nguyen
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hersh
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D008159:Lumbar Vertebrae; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D010017:Osteoma, Osteoid / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D013125:Spinal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D015899:Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed