Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, 1967;49:111-121.
© 1967 by The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, Inc
Osteoid Osteoma of the Spine
A REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE AND REPORT OF SIX NEW CASES
DONALD I. MACLELLAN M.D.1 and
FRANK C. WILSON JR. M.D.1
1 From the New York Orthopaedic Hospital, Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center, New York
1. Osteoid osteoma occurs in the vertebrae in approximately 10 per cent of the patients.
2. The diagnosis should be entertained in an adolescent with a painful scoliosis or a radicular syndrome without neurological signs.
3. Surgical excision without fusion is the treatment of choice.