title: Benign osteoblastoma of a thoracic vertebra. Case report.
abstract: A patient with osteoblastoma of the T-11 vertebral body presented with symptoms of spinal cord compression. Six weeks after an emergency laminectomy and subtotal removal, spinal computerized tomography disclosed residual tumor, which was totally removed via a combined anterior transthoracic approach and posterior laminectomy.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008722:Methods; D010017:Osteoma, Osteoid / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D013125:Spinal Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D013904:Thoracic Vertebrae; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed