Tuyển tập báo cáo các nghiên cứu khoa học quốc tế ngành y học dành cho các bạn tham khảo đề tài: Monostotic fibrous dysplasia of a lumbar vertebral body with secondary aneurysmal bone cyst formation: a case report | JOURNAL OF MEDICAL Sr CASE REPORTS Open Access Case report Monostotic fibrous dysplasia of a lumbar vertebral body with secondary aneurysmal bone cyst formation a case report Marieke N Snieders1 Folkert J van Kemenade2 and Barend J van Royen1 Addresses department of Orthopaedic Surgery VU University Medical Center De Boelelaan Amsterdam The Netherlands and department of Pathology VU University Medical Center De Boelelaan Amsterdam The Netherlands Email MNS - mnesnieders@ FJvK - BJvR - Corresponding author Received 29 August 2008 Accepted 22 January 2009 Published 24 June 2009 Journal ofMedical Case Reports 2009 3 7227 doi 1752-1947-3-7227 This article is available from http jmedicalcasereports article view 7227 2009 Snieders et al licensee Cases Network Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License http licenses by which permits unrestricted use distribution and reproduction in any medium provided the original work is properly cited. Abstract We report the case of a 25-year-old Caucasian woman with symptomatic monostotic fibrous dysplasia of the fourth lumbar vertebral body. The patient suffered from a five-week history of progressive low back pain radiating continuously to the left leg. Her medical history and physical and neurological examination did not demonstrate any significant abnormalities. Radiographs computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging revealed an osteolytic expansive lesion with a cystic component of the fourth lumbar vertebral body. Percutaneous transpedicular biopsy showed histological characteristics of fibrous dysplasia superimposed by the formation of aneurysmal bone cyst components. The patient was treated by subtotal vertebrectomy of the L4 vertebral body with anterior reconstruction and her postoperative course was uncomplicated. To our knowledge this is the first .
