title: Ossifying fibroma of the lumbar spine: case report.
abstract: Ossifying fibroma of the vertebra is a very rare condition. We report a 16-year-old boy with ossifying fibroma of the third lumbar vertebra. Neurological and laboratory examinations demonstrated normal findings. Low-back pain, in the absence of radicular pain, was the presenting symptom. Plain radiography and computerized tomography scanning revealed an osteolytic lesion. The tumor in the third lumbar vertebra was curetted and filled with bone allograft. The histopathological diagnosis was consistent with ossifying fibroma. There was no postoperative complication. The case is the second to be reported. The clinical and radiological aspects of this rare tumor are discussed with the pertinent literature.
authors.affiliation: School of Medicine, Karadeniz Technical University, Department of Neurosurgery, Trabzon, Turkey. husul@meds.ktu.edu.tr
authors.forename: Haydar
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Uslu
authors.forename: Ertugrul
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Cakir
authors.forename: Erhan
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Arslan
authors.forename: Safak
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ersoz
authors.forename: Suleyman
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Baykal
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001706:Biopsy; D001859:Bone Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D018214:Fibroma, Ossifying / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008159:Lumbar Vertebrae / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D013125:Spinal Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed