Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, 1971;53:349-355.
© 1971 by The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, Inc
Intraosseous Neurilemoma of the Third Lumbar Vertebra
JESSE H. DICKSON M.D.1,
THOMAS A. WALTZ M.D.1, and
ROBERT E. FECHNER M.D.1
1 From the Division of Orthopedc Surgery and Kelacy-Seybold Clinic, the Division of Neurosurgery at Baylor College of Medicine, and the Department of Pathology at Methodist Hospital, Houston
A neurilemoma arising in the body of a lumbar vertebra was successfully excised along with most of the vertebral body and the defect repaired by an iliac crest bone graft.