Abstract
Osteochondroma is a common benign bone lesion, usually involving the long bones. Spinal involvement is rare. The clinical presentation of spinal osteochondroma varies according to the site of the lesion. The most common reported clinical presentation is secondary to encroachment of the lesion on the spinal canal or nerve roots. Less common presentations such as a palpable neck mass, dysphagia, sleep apnea, paralysis of left vocal cord or acute respiratory distress have been reported when the lesions compress the anatomic structures anteriorly. We describe a rare case of a young patient who presented with an emergent critical condition of acute cerebellar infarct as a result of vertebral artery compression caused by a solitary C1 spinal osteochondroma.
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Zhang, Y., Ilaslan, H., Hussain, M.S. et al. Solitary C1 spinal osteochondroma causing vertebral artery compression and acute cerebellar infarct. Skeletal Radiol 44, 299–302 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00256-014-1974-7
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