title: Polyostotic fibrous dysplasia with severe pathologic compression fracture of L2.
abstract: A case of a progressive pathologic compression fracture of L2 due to polyostotic fibrous dysplasia is presented. Such unusually severe involvement, requiring decompression and surgical fusion, in the absence of significant recent or remote trauma, has not previously been reported.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Stanford University Medical Center, CA 94305, USA.
authors.forename: K L
authors.initials: KL
authors.lastname: Hoffman
authors.forename: A G
authors.initials: AG
authors.lastname: Bergman
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kohler
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D005359:Fibrous Dysplasia, Polyostotic / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D005598:Fractures, Spontaneous / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D008159:Lumbar Vertebrae / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000293:injuries* / Q000473:pathology; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D011859:Radiography; D016103:Spinal Fractures / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology