Melorheostosis of the tenth and eleventh thoracic vertebrae crossing the facet joint: A rare cause of back pain

Skeletal Radiology

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 283-286

  McCarthy, M ^a   Mehdian, H ^a   Fairbairn, K Julia ^a,b   Stevens, A ^a  

^a QUEEN S MEDICAL CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^b NOTTINGHAM UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

CT; Facet joint; Melorheostosis; MRI; Thoracic spine

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; BONE BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSTEOSARCOMA; OSTEOSCLEROSIS; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINE SCINTISCANNING; SPINE SURGERY; THORACIC SPINE; TREATMENT FAILURE; ZYGAPOPHYSEAL JOINT;

ADULT; BACK PAIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MELORHEOSTOSIS; RADIONUCLIDE IMAGING; RARE DISEASES; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; ZYGAPOPHYSEAL JOINT;

EID: 2542463115     PISSN: 03642348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00256-004-0749-y     Document Type: Article

References (13)

1. Brown RR, Steiner GC, Lehman WB. Melorheostosis: case report with radiologic-pathologic correlation. Skeletal Radiol 2000; 29:548-552.
2. Campbell CJ, et al. Melorheostosis: a report of the clinical, roentgenographic and pathological findings in 14 cases. J Bone Joint Surg Am 1968; 50:1281-1304.
3. Garver MD, et al. Melorheostosis of the axial skeleton with associated fibrolipomatous lesions. Skeletal Radiol 1982; 9:41-44.
4. Grainger RG, ed. Diagnostic radiology, 2nd edn. Edinburgh: Churchill Livingstone, 1992.
5. Greenspan A, Azouz EM. Bone dysplasia series. Melorheostosis: review and update. Can Assoc Radiol J 1999; 50:324-330.
6. Judkeiwicz AM, et al. Advanced imaging of melorheostosis with emphasis on MRI. Skeletal Radiol 2001; 30:447-453.
7. Kransdorf M, Murphey MD, ed. Imaging of soft tissue tumors, 1st edn. Philadelphia: WB Saunders, 1997.
8. Leri A, Joanny J. Une affection non décrite des os: hyperostose "en coulée" sur toute la longueur d'un member on "melorheostoses". Bull Mem Soc Med Hosp Paris 1922; 46:1141-1145.
9. Nasu K, et al. Thoracic cage extent of melorheostosis depicted by multislice CT. Skeletal Radiol 2002; 31:464-466.
10. Renton P, ed. Orthopaedic radiology, 2nd edn. London: Martin Dunitz, 1998.
11. Spieth ME, et al. Radionuclide imaging in forme fruste of melorheostosis. Clin Nucl Med 1994; 19:512-515.
12. Sutton D, ed. A textbook of radiology and imaging, 4th edn. Edinburgh: Churchill Livingstone, 1987.
13. Warzok R, et al. The relation between melorheostosis and tumors. Zentralbl Allg Pathol 1987; 133:453-458.