title: Monostotic fibrous dysplasia of the spine: report of a case involving a cervical vertebra.
abstract: Monostotic fibrous dysplasia of the spine is a rare entity. Only 26 cases, of which 11 were located in the cervical spine, are to be found in the literature. We report a 56-year-old male patient with cervicobrachialgia of half year's duration. Radiographs showed a diffuse destruction of the vertebral body and the spinous process of C4. A biopsy of the spinous process confirmed histopathologically a fibrous dysplasia. Due to minor symptoms, no surgical treatment was performed or is planned unless in case of increasing pain, an acute instability or neurological symptoms.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Spine Service, Inselspital, University of Bern, 3010 Bern, Switzerland.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Proschek
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Orler
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Stauffer
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Heini
mesh_terms: D002574:Cervical Vertebrae; D005358:Fibrous Dysplasia, Monostotic / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed