Vertebra Plana Caused by a Giant Cell Tumor: A Case Report and Literature Review

Abstract

Vertebra plana is a radiologic diagnosis that indicates complete compression of the vertebral body (1). Although eosinophilic granuloma of the bone is the most frequent benign disease responsible for vertebra plana (2), it can be caused by several pathological conditions. Vertebral plana caused by a giant cell tumor (GCT) has been mentioned in only a few case reports in the English medical literature, and those case reports were without a detailed description (1). To the best of our knowledge, the computed tomography (CT) and magnetic resonance (MR) imaging features of GCT presenting as vertebra plana have seldom been reported in the radiological literature. We report here on the case of