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Case Report
Monostotic Fibrous Dysplasia of the Lumbar Spine with Pathologic Fracture: A Case Report with Treatment and Follow-up
Author(s): Habibollahzadeh P, Sadat M, Mehrpour SR, Hassanmirzaei B and Mozafari MHabibollahzadeh P, Sadat M, Mehrpour SR, Hassanmirzaei B and Mozafari M
Objective: To discuss our experience beside others in order to get a better view about these cases and their management.
Summary of background data: Fibrous dysplasia (FD) is a developmental abnormality of the bone and it represents about 7% of the benign bone tumors; hence vertebral involvement is reported in only 2.5% of all cases. An agreed method of treatment has not been established yet.
Methods: A 33 year old woman with a history of non specific chronic low back pain for more than 3 years, presented with sudden onset of an acute and severe low back pain with normal examination except for a local tenderness on lumbar vertebrae. Encountering a patient presenting red flags, spine radiography, bone scan, spinal CT scan and MRI was done and the patient underwent CT-guided biopsy afterward. When the diagnosis of fibrous dysplasia w.. Read More»
DOI:
10.4172/2165-7939.1000140
Journal of Spine received 2022 citations as per Google Scholar report