Francis W R, Einhorn T, Fielding J W
Clin Orthop Relat Res. 1980 Jun(149):175-6.
Osteoid osteoma occurring in the thoracic spine, manifest as purely referred pain, is extremely uncommon. In the case of a 24-year-old man, the treatment for painful osteoid osteoma of the spine was excision. Since excision of a thoracic spinal osteoid osteoma compromised stability, a posterior fusion was performed at the time of excision, and the results were excellent.
