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Complete Endoscopic Resection of an Osteoid Osteoma in the Body of a Thoracic Vertebra: A Case Report
Danny Mangual-Peréz1, Arnaldo Martínez-Rivera1, Norberto J Torres-Lugo1
1Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Puerto Rico, Medical Sciences Campus, San Juan, Puerto Rico.
Case:
A 29-year-old man presented nontraumatic diffuse thoracic pain. Magnetic resonance imaging of the spine showed a cortical lesion with peripheral hyperintensity, a central sclerotic hypointense nidus, and surrounding paraspinal inflammatory changes at the T3 vertebral body. Clinical and radiologic findings were consistent with an osteoid osteoma. The patient successfully underwent an endoscopic partial corpectomy and mass resection. At the 6-month follow-up, radiographs showed complete tumor resolution.
Conclusion:
Endoscopic resection is an adequate and minimally invasive technique for the complete resection of osteoid osteomas.
