Undiagnosed osteoid osteoma of the spine presenting as painful scoliosis from adolescence to adulthood: a case report

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Case Report

Undiagnosed osteoid osteoma of the spine presenting as painful scoliosis from adolescence to adulthood: a case report

George Sapkas¹^,3^* , Nicolas E Efstathopoulos²^* and Michael Papadakis³^*

¹1st Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Athens, Attikon University Hospital, Haidari, Greece

²2nd Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Athens, Agia Olga General Hospital, N. Ionia, Greece

³Spine Unit, Metropolitan Hospital, Faliro, Greece

author email corresponding author email* Contributed equally

Scoliosis 2009, 4:9doi:10.1186/1748-7161-4-9


Published:	27 April 2009

Abstract

Presented here is a case of a young woman, with an undiagnosed osteoid osteoma of the spine, which presented with painful scoliosis in adolescence and was treated by bracing until her accession to adulthood. A more thorough investigation, years after the initial one, revealed the tumor. Surgical excision and stabilization offered the long-awaited cure. Misdiagnosis resulted in intractable pain for years, deformity, the discomfort of brace therapy, and the frustration of a prolonged yet ineffective treatment.