title: Osteoid osteoma of the thoracic spine: report of a case.
abstract: Osteoid osteoma occurring in the thoracic spine, manifest as purely referred pain, is extremely uncommon. In the case of a 24-year-old man, the treatment for painful osteoid osteoma of the spine was excision. Since excision of a thoracic spinal osteoid osteoma compromised stability, a posterior fusion was performed at the time of excision, and the results were excellent.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010017:Osteoma, Osteoid / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D011859:Radiography; D013125:Spinal Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D013904:Thoracic Vertebrae