title: Eosinophilic granuloma of spine in adults: a case report and review of literature.
abstract: A rare case of eosinophilic granuloma in an adult is reported. Eosinophilic granuloma (EG) is a lesion observed more frequently in adults. CT and MRI showed a lytic lesion of the T11 vertebral body. A transpedicular excisional biopsy of the lesion revealed EG. Spinal EG in adults is rare and differs from the childhood disease by the spinal level involvement. Vertebra plana, a condition of spondylitis in which the body of the vertebra is reduced to a sclerotic disc, is not a roentgenographic feature in the 14 cases reported in literature. It should be included in the differential diagnosis of the solitary lytic lesion of vertebrae in adults.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Louisiana State University Medical Center, Shreveport, Louisiana 71130-3932, USA.
authors.forename: P K
authors.initials: PK
authors.lastname: Reddy
authors.forename: P S
authors.initials: PS
authors.lastname: Vannemreddy
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Nanda
mesh_terms: D004803:Eosinophilic Granuloma / Q000473:pathology* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013122:Spinal Diseases / Q000473:pathology* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery; D013904:Thoracic Vertebrae / Q000473:pathology* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery; D016896:Treatment Outcome