Monostotic Fibrous Dysplasia of Thoracic Spine

Monostotic fibrous dysplasia of the spine is rare. We describe a case repor t of 13+8 year old girl who experienced low thoracic back pain while doing back flips in gymnastics class and subsequently a tingling sensation, progressive paraplegia, clonus, and the development of hyperactive reflexes in her lower extremities. She underwent successful anterior and posterior spine stabilization surgery along with the removal of the tumor and was able to return back to full sports activities, including gymnastics. The research work was conducted during my post graduate fellowship training at Minnesota Spine Centre USA under the supervision of Dr. Frances Denis (an author of Denis three column theory of spine).