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Simple bone cyst of the axis

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A 12-year-old girl presented with a 1-month history of posterior neck pain and a large cyst in the second cervical vertebra. She underwent complete curettage of the cyst wall without any kind of bone graft, and the surgical result was good. Microscopic findings in the cyst wall were consistent with simple bone cyst, which is very rare in the spine.

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  1. Department of Neurosurgery, St. Vincent's Hospital, Catholic University Medical College, 93 Chidong, Paldalku, Suwon, 442-060, South Korea, Tel.: (82) 331-40-2153, Fax: (82) 331-45-5208, , , , , , VC

    C. K. Park, Kyung Keun Cho, Sang Won Lee, J. K. Kang & Chang Rak Choi

  2. Department of Radiology, Catholic University Medical College, Seoul, Korea, , , , , , KR

    Jeong Su Jeon

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Received: 25 September 1995 Revised: 24 February 1996

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Park, C., Cho, K., Lee, S. et al. Simple bone cyst of the axis. Child's Nerv Syst 13, 171–174 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1007/s003810050063

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