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João Ribeiro Afonso1, Diogo Soares1, Daniel Brás Lopes1, Rui Milheiro Matos1, Rui Peixoto Pinto1.
Abstract
The differential diagnosis of dorsal thoracic pain can be a challange due to the proximity of the dorsal column to vital organs as well as to its unique anatomy, innervation, and rib joint. The patterns of referred visceral pain require, in most cases, extensive complementary diagnostic tests in order to exclude severe conditions. Referred pain patterns often result in numerous and expensive visceral workups in order to exclude serious conditions, and costovertebral joint osteoarthritis is usually only considered when the origin of the pain remains unexplained. The authors present the case of a 40-year-old man with disabling dorsal pain due to isolated costovertebral osteoarthrosis. The symptomatology was controlled after injection of methylprednisolone guided by computed tomography. This clinical case aims to describe the clinical presentation of a rare entity that should be considered in the differential diagnosis of back pain. Sociedade Brasileira de Ortopedia e Traumatologia. This is an open access article published by Thieme under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonDerivative-NonCommercial License, permitting copying and reproduction so long as the original work is given appropriate credit. Contents may not be used for commecial purposes, or adapted, remixed, transformed or built upon. ( https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ ).Entities:
Keywords: lumbar vertebrae; osteoarthritis; thoracic vertebrae
Year: 2021 PMID: 35652017 PMCID: PMC9142251 DOI: 10.1055/s-0040-1722587
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Rev Bras Ortop (Sao Paulo) ISSN: 0102-3616
Fig. 1Computed tomography. Axial (left) and coronal (right) cuts. The 10th left costovertebral joint presents significant degenerative changes, with sclerosis at the levels of the vertebral body, pedicle, and rib head.
Fig. 2Bone scintigraphy marked with Tc-99m. Isolated hyperuptake at the level of the 10th left costovertebral joint (L- left side; R-right side).
Fig. 1Tomografia computadorizada. Corte axial (à esquerda) e coronal (à direita). A décima articulação costovertebral esquerda apresenta alterações degenerativas significativas, com esclerose nos níveis do corpo vertebral, do pedículo e da cabeça da costela.
Fig. 2Cintigrafia óssea marcada com Tc-99m. Hipercaptação isolada no nível da décima articulação costovertebral esquerda (L- lado esquerdo; R-lado direito).