title: Osteoid osteoma -- a rare cause of brachial neuralgia.
abstract: 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.
authors: Department of Neurosurgery, Madurai Medical College, Muruganagam, 138, Anna Nagar, Madurai - 625 020, India. prasan86@eth.net
authors: Natarajan
authors: N
authors: Muthukumar
mesh_terms: 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