title: A 38-Year-Old Woman With an Osteolytic Rib Lesion.
abstract: A 38-year-old black woman with a medical history significant for hypertension and depression presented to the emergency department with a 2-week history of lower back pain. This visit was her second in 1 week with the same symptoms, after attaining minimal pain relief with cyclobenzaprine.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, The George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Washington, DC.
authors.forename: Javi
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Hartenstine
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, The George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Washington, DC.
authors.forename: Hope
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Jackson
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, The George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Washington, DC. Electronic address: kmortman@mfa.gwu.edu.
authors.forename: Keith
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Mortman
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D005598:Fractures, Spontaneous / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology; D015618:Histiocytosis, Sinus / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D010014:Osteolysis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology; D012253:Rib Fractures / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
keywords: Rosai-Dorfman disease; bone; chest wall; histology