STUDY DESIGN A case report and review of previous literature are presented. OBJECTIVE AND BACKGROUND The objective of this manuscript was to report a case of destructive osteoblastoma with secondary aneurysmal bone cyst of cervical vertebra in a child, and discuss the pathogenesis of this disease. The combination of osteoblastoma and aneurysmal bone cyst in the cervical spine is rare in prima...

AIM To determine if the malignant transformation, as perceived histologically, in a case of osteoblastoma from the right femur, was also expressed as a quantitative change in nuclear DNA during tumour progression over five months. METHODS Nuclear DNA microdensitometry by computer image analysis was used to acquire relative DNA distribution patterns. Tissue had been removed on four separate oc...

Primary vertebral tumors, although less common than metastases to the spine, make up a heterogeneous group of neoplasms that can pose diagnostic and treatment challenges. They affect both the adult and the pediatric population and may be benign, locally aggressive, or malignant. An understanding of typical imaging findings will aid in accurate diagnosis and help neurosurgeons appreciate anatomi...

A recurrent spinal tumor confidently diagnosed as osteoblastoma eventually terminated as a sclerosing osteoblastic which metastasised nine years after the onset of symptoms.

among the rare bone tumors, the osteoblastoma is a fascinating tumor. the rarity, the predisposition to occur in any bone and the diagnostic dilemma makes this infrequent tumor interesting. it is sporadically reported in the literature and what is rarer is its occurrence in the pelvis. the unusual location and inconclusive radiographic findings with diffused diagnostic evidences delays the mana...