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A solitary osteochondroma of the cervical spine: a case report and review of literature

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Introduction

Osteochondromas are usually found in the extremities and are rarely seen in the spine. They are most commonly found in the posterior elements of the spine, and intraspinal extension is uncommon. Compressive myelopathy as a presentation of vertebral osteochondroma in a child is a rare entity.

Methods

We report a case of vertebral osteochondroma arising from the lamina of C3 vertebra, presenting with features of compressive myelopathyin a 15 year old boy.Total excision of the tumor was carried out along with lamina of C3 vertebra.Patient recovered significantly.

Conclusion

Spinal osteochondromas must be considered as rare etiology of spinal cord or root compression in the pediatric age group and utmost care should be taken while excising these benign lesions.

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  1. Department of Neurosurgery, Sher-I-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences, Soura, Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, India

    Uday Singh Raswan, Abdul Rashid Bhat, Humam Tanki & Altaf Rehman Kirmani

  2. Department of Pathology, Sher-I-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences, Srinagar, India

    Nuzhat Samoon

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Raswan, U.S., Bhat, A.R., Tanki, H. et al. A solitary osteochondroma of the cervical spine: a case report and review of literature. Childs Nerv Syst 33, 1019–1022 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00381-017-3394-1

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