Osteochondritis (Calvés disease) of a vertebral body—a rare form of vertebra plana

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• 作者：Tamas Shisha ; Sandor Kiss ; Peter Pal Varga ; Laszlo Bucsi ; Karoly Pap and George Szoke
• 关键词：Vertebra plana ; Calv&eacute ; s disease ; Osteochondritis ; Eosinophilic granuloma
• 刊名：European Spine Journal
• 出版年：2006
• 出版时间：March 2006
• 年：2006
• 卷：15
• 期：3
• 页码：377-383
• 全文大小：416 KB

文摘

In 1925, Calvé described vertebra plana as an aseptic necrosis of bone involving a single vertebral body of the spinal column. This theory was set aside in 1954 by Compere, who concluded that vertebra plana is caused by eosinophilic granuloma and not by osteochondritis as suggested by Calvé. It has been well documented in literature that many factors other than eosinophilic granuloma can cause vertebra plana-like destruction of the vertebral body. However, the definition of the terms was not clear, and there was no consensus on whether to call these cases vertebra plana or not. Some authors did, some did not. Anyhow, no publication so far has reported on osteochondritis as a rare cause of vertebra plana. The case of a 12-year-old girl, presented here by the authors, suggests this explanation. Some important conclusions can be drawn from this regarding the nomenclature, the diagnosis, and the therapy.