Osteoid osteoma -- a rare cause of brachial neuralgia.
BACKGROUND
Osteoid osteoma of the spine causing brachial neuralgia is rare.


OBJECTIVE
An adolescent with cervicobrachial neuralgia due to osteoid osteoma of C-4 is presented, and the relevant literature reviewed.


CONCLUSIONS
The possibility of osteoid osteoma of the cervical spine should be entertained in the differential diagnosis of brachial neuralgia in adolescents.
Muthukumar
Natarajan
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Department of Neurosurgery, Madurai Medical College, Muruganagam, 138, Anna Nagar, Madurai - 625 020, India. prasan86@eth.net
D000293:Adolescent; D020968:Brachial Plexus Neuritis / Q000209:etiology*; D002574:Cervical Vertebrae / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010017:Osteoma, Osteoid / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D013125:Spinal Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed