Osteochondroma of the sacrum with a correlative radiographic and histological evaluation.

Primary benign sacral tumors are rare representing only 1-4% of solitary exostoses and constituting 4% of all solitary spinal tumor. The tumor usually comes to attention in childhood or adolescence. The treatment of symptomatic lesions is resection. We present here a case of a sacral osteochondroma with characteristic histological and radiological features in an adolescent presenting with radicular pain. Copyright 2005 S. Karger AG, Basel.