Thoracolumbar osteochondroma in a patient with multiple exostotic chondrodysplasia: a case report
https://doi.org/10.14531/ss2025.4.74-84
Abstract
The results of surgical treatment of a 14-year-old female patient with a rare vertebrological disorder, multiple exostotic chondrodysplasia with spinal column involvement, are presented. Clinical, radiographic, MRI, histological and laboratory examinations were carried out. The observation revealed a massive space-occupying lesion in the spinal column with projected dimensions of 97 × 70 × 72 mm. The patient had narrowing of the intervertebral foramina with signs of compression of the L1–L2 and L2–L3 nerve roots on the left, secondary deformity and cranial displacement of the 12th rib on the left.
About the Authors
M. S. Asadulaev
H. Turner National Medical Research Center for Children’s Orthopedics and Trauma Surgery, Saint Petersburg, Russia
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Marat Sergeyevich Asadulaev, MD, PhD, traumatologist-orthopaedist, researcher in the Department of Spine, Spinal Cord and Chest Pathology,
64-68 Parkovaya str., Pushkin, Saint Petersburg, 196603, Russia
S. V. Vissarionov
H. Turner National Medical Research Center for Children’s Orthopedics and Trauma Surgery, Saint Petersburg, Russia
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Sergei Valentinovich Vissarionov, DMSc, Prof., Director, Professor of the Department of Pediatric Traumatology and Orthopedics,
64-68 Parkovaya str., Pushkin, Saint Petersburg, 196603, Russia
D. B. Malamashin
H. Turner National Medical Research Center for Children’s Orthopedics and Trauma Surgery, Saint Petersburg, Russia
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Denis Borisovich Malamashin, MD, PhD, traumatologist-orthopaedist, Clinic of Spinal Pathology and Neurosurgery,
64-68 Parkovaya str., Pushkin, Saint Petersburg, 196603, Russia
A. D. Nilov
H. Turner National Medical Research Center for Children’s Orthopedics and Trauma Surgery, Saint Petersburg, Russia
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Alexander Dmitryevich Nilov, MD, pathologist,
64-68 Parkovaya str., Pushkin, Saint Petersburg, 196603, Russia
T. V. Murashko
H. Turner National Medical Research Center for Children’s Orthopedics and Trauma Surgery, Saint Petersburg, Russia
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Tatiana Valeyevna Murashko, MD, radiologist,
64-68 Parkovaya str., Pushkin, Saint Petersburg, 196603, Russia
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Asadulaev M.S., Vissarionov S.V., Malamashin D.B., Nilov A.D., Murashko T.V. Thoracolumbar osteochondroma in a patient with multiple exostotic chondrodysplasia: a case report. Russian Journal of Spine Surgery (Khirurgiya Pozvonochnika). 2025;22(4):74-84. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.14531/ss2025.4.74-84
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