title: Symptomatic monostotic fibrous dysplasia of the thoracic spine.
abstract: METHODS
  A case report of monostotic fibrous dysplasia of the thoracic spine with symptoms of chest and back pain.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  To treat this lesion with surgery.
  
  
  BACKGROUND
  Monostotic fibrous dysplasia of the thoracic spine is rarely seen. Few reports of this disorder appear in the literature. This is the fifth case of monostotic fibrous dysplasia of the thoracic spine presented to date.
  
  
  METHODS
  The patient was a 48-year-old woman with monostotic fibrous dysplasia involving the thoracic spine of the 10th vertebral body and the 10th left rib. Surgical removal of the tumor was carried out. The defect was packed with hydroxyapatite graft material. Arthrodesis or internal fixation was not made.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The diagnosis of fibrous dysplasia was made histologically. No obvious recurrence of the lesion has been seen for 3 years.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Surgical removal of the tumor and transplantation of hydroxyapatite was effective treatment for the reported patient.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Toyohashi Municipal Hospital, Aichi, Japan.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Oba
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Nakagami
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Maeda
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kobayashi
mesh_terms: D018786:Bone Substitutes / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D017886:Durapatite / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D005260:Female; D005358:Fibrous Dysplasia, Monostotic / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008875:Middle Aged; D013122:Spinal Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D013904:Thoracic Vertebrae / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
chemical_list: D018786:Bone Substitutes; D017886:Durapatite