Case: A 29-year-old man presented nontraumatic diffuse thoracic pain. Magnetic resonance imaging of the spine showed a cortical lesion with peripheral hyperintensity, a central sclerotic hypointense nidus, and surrounding paraspinal inflammatory changes at the T3 vertebral body. Clinical and radiologic findings were consistent with an osteoid osteoma. The patient successfully underwent an endoscopic partial corpectomy and mass resection. At the 6-month follow-up, radiographs showed complete tumor resolution.
Conclusion:Endoscopic resection is an adequate and minimally invasive technique for the complete resection of osteoid osteomas.
Neoplastic processes of the spine should be considered when unexplained, spinal axial and postural pain with associated nocturnal predominance, deformities, and positional changes is noted 1 . Historically, the management of neoplastic lesions on the spine included resection, chemotherapy, radiation, or mechanical stabilization based on the type of spine tumor. However, in the early 1990s, percutaneous (ablation) techniques were introduced, and these have been increasingly advocated as a treatment alternative for the resolution of these lesions, especially benign tumors 2 . Since 2012, some reports have described the usage of complete endoscopic techniques 3 . However, the literature regarding the successful application of these minimally invasive procedures, especially in spinal lesions, remains scarce 4 .The patient was informed that data concerning the case would be submitted for publication, and he provided consent.
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