title: Multiple lytic lesions of the spine: a rare diagnosis of eosinophilic granuloma in an adult: a case report.
abstract: Eosinophilic granuloma (EG) is a rare benign osteolytic lesion observed rarely in adults, with only some 18 cases of spinal location reported in the literature. We present an unusual variant of EG in a 23-year-old man with radiological features of multiple spinal lytic lesions which was evocated of metastatic processes. A surgically transpedicular biopsy of the thoracic collapsed vertebrae with posterior stabilization was made. Histological examination of the tissue showed features of eosinophilic granuloma. The clinical and radiological findings of EG present dilemmas of both diagnosis and treatment. The etiology is unclear and the therapeutic approach is still controversial.
authors: Department of Neurosurgery, Military Hospital, Rabat, Morocco. abad20031@hotmail.com
authors: Abad Cherif
authors: AC
authors: El Asri
authors: Ali
authors: A
authors: Akhaddar
authors: Brahim
authors: B
authors: El Mostarchid
authors: Okacha
authors: O
authors: Naama
authors: Mohamed
authors: M
authors: Sinaa
authors: Mohamed
authors: M
authors: Oukabli
authors: Abderrahmane
authors: A
authors: Al Bouzidi
authors: Miloudi
authors: M
authors: Gazzaz
authors: Mohamed
authors: M
authors: Boucetta
mesh_terms: D019299:Decompression, Surgical; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004803:Eosinophilic Granuloma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007796:Laminectomy; D008159:Lumbar Vertebrae / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D010014:Osteolysis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D011859:Radiography; D013122:Spinal Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D013123:Spinal Fusion; D013904:Thoracic Vertebrae / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D055815:Young Adult