title: [Primary spinal osteosarcoma. Apropos of a case].
abstract: We report a case of primary osteogenic sarcoma of the third lumbar vertebra, detailing the neuroradiologic and therapeutic aspects. The clinical presentation was limited to low back pain which radiated to the left thigh for 5 months. Lumbosacral spine roentgenograms revealed a sclerotic lesion of the left part of the body of the third lumbar vertebra. Treatment consisted of total vertebrectomy, chemotherapy completed with radiotherapy. Fourteen months after a complex combined treatment no recurrence was observed. A review of the literature highlighted the rarity of this tumor. Usually, patients with vertebral osteogenic sarcoma do poorly. Today, the therapeutic approach for these spinal tumors should use techniques developed in the treatment of osteosarcoma of the extremities because of their encouraging results.
authors.affiliation: Service de Neurochirurgie, Hôpital Sainte-Marguerite, Marseille.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Khalfallah
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Malca
authors.forename: P H
authors.initials: PH
authors.lastname: Roche
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Duffaud
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Garbe
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Pellet
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D006801:Humans; D008159:Lumbar Vertebrae; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D012516:Osteosarcoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D013125:Spinal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed