Osteoid osteoma of the vertebral body: a clinical case.
The authors describe a case of lumbar vertebral osteoid osteoma localized in the body of L5 characterized by a very subtle clinical onset (limping as a result of poor positioning of the hip), and by a clinical course where pain was totally absent.
D'Angelo
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Divisione di Ortopedia Infantile, Istituti Ortopedici Rizzoli, Bologna.
Donzelli
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D001859:Bone Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D002648:Child; D006801:Humans; D008124:Locomotion; D008159:Lumbar Vertebrae / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D010017:Osteoma, Osteoid / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome