Benign osteoblastoma mimicking malignancy of the spine.

Benign osteoblastoma mimicking malignancy of the spine.

A case of osteoblastoma of the spine in a sixty year old female is presented. These lesions usually get misdiagnosed as tuberculosis or malignancy of the spine. Salient diagnostic features have been discussed.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Maheshwari V, Srivastava V
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 1997-07-01
Series:Journal of Postgraduate Medicine
Subjects:
Case Report
Diagnosis
Differential
Female
Human
Middle Age
Osteoblastoma
diagnosis
surgery
Spinal Neoplasms
Tomography
X-Ray Computed
Tuberculosis
Spinal
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