title: [Benign vertebral osteoblastoma. Report of 6 cases].
abstract: We present six cases of benign spinal osteoblastoma. This localization of this uncommon benign bone tumor occurring in young subjects is rare. The patients were explored with radiotomography, computed tomography, myelography and medullo-spinal angiography. These benign tumors may appear radiographically as pure bone lysis mimicking malignancy. The size of these tumors often leads to widening search for extension, particularly in recurrent, aggressive, multifocal forms which require wide resection, and sometimes total vertebrectomy. Medullo-spinal angiography can confirm the vascular involvement of the tumor nidus and is require to identify arteries supplying the spinal canal which would modify operative strategy.
authors.affiliation: Service de Neuro-Radiologie, CHU de Grenoble, Hôpital A.-Michallon.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Bessou
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Lefournier
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ramoul
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Vasdev
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Boubagra
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Crouzet
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D018215:Osteoblastoma / Q000175:diagnosis*; D013125:Spinal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
vernacular_title: L'ostéoblastome bénin vertébral. A propos de 6 observations.