title: Benign osteoblastoma mimicking malignancy of the spine.
abstract: A case of osteoblastoma of the spine in a sixty year old female is presented. These lesions usually get misdiagnosed as tuberculosis or malignancy of the spine. Salient diagnostic features have been discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College, Aligarh Muslim University.
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Maheshwari
authors.forename: V K
authors.initials: VK
authors.lastname: Srivastava
mesh_terms: D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D018215:Osteoblastoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D013125:Spinal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014399:Tuberculosis, Spinal / Q000175:diagnosis