title: [An unusual cause of secondary scoliosis: vertebral osteoblastoma].
abstract: We report the observation of a 22-year-old man suffering from nocturnal back pain for 2 years. The clinical examination shows a scoliosis. Imaging suggests either malignant tumor or an aggressive osteoblastoma of the sixth thoracic vertebra. After radical removal of the tumor, histopathologic examination confirms the diagnosis of osteoblastoma. Like any other neoplasma, osteoblastoma should be detected and removed early, before being responsible for non-reversing neurological complications.
authors.affiliation: Service de Rhumatologie, Hôpital la Rabta, Tunis, Tunisie.
authors.forename: Samy
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Hamza
authors.forename: Fatma
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Landolsi
authors.forename: Nihel
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Meddeb
authors.forename: Kaïs
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Chelaïfa
authors.forename: Héla
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Sahli
authors.forename: Elhem
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Cheour
authors.forename: Mohamed
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Elleuch
authors.forename: Slaheddine
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sellami
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001416:Back Pain / Q000209:etiology; D001859:Bone Neoplasms / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D018215:Osteoblastoma / Q000150:complications*; D012600:Scoliosis / Q000209:etiology*; D013131:Spine / Q000473:pathology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed