title: Melorheostosis causing lumbar radiculopathy: a case report and a review of the literature.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Melorheostosis is a rare sclerosing bone disorder with a predilection for the appendicular skeleton. Involvement of the spine is infrequent and largely asymptomatic. Surgical treatment for spinal involvement is therefore uncommon with only one reported case of lumbar fusion for painful lumbosacral melorheostosis.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  We report a case of lumbar melorheostosis causing disabling radiculopathy treated with nerve root decompression.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Melorheostosis of the lumbar spine causing radicular symptoms has not been reported before. Our message from the management of this particular patient is to consider surgical option in symptomatic individuals.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Institute of Neurological Sciences, Southern General Hospital, Glasgow G51 4TF, United Kingdom. ankur.saxena@doctors.org.uk
authors.forename: Ankur
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Saxena
authors.forename: Asha
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Neelakantan
authors.forename: Ravi
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Jampana
authors.forename: Meharpal
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sangra
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D019299:Decompression, Surgical; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008159:Lumbar Vertebrae / Q000601:surgery*; D008557:Melorheostosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery; D011843:Radiculopathy / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D013126:Spinal Nerve Roots / Q000601:surgery; D016896:Treatment Outcome
keywords: Lumbar radiculopathy; Melorheostosis; Nerve root decompression