INTRODUCTION: Osteochondromas of the cervical spine are rare. We report an 8-year-old girl presenting with neck pain and a known familial predisposition for osteochondromas. CASE REPORT: Imaging revealed a presumed osteochondroma of the cervical spine located at C3. A cervical hemilaminectomy of the lesion was performed. Histopathology confirmed the lesion as an osteochondroma. Six months later, the child was found to have a recurrence of the previously resected lesion. CONCLUSION: The child was reoperated and the lesion removed along with the entire remaining lamina of C3. At 6-year follow-up, there has been no recurrence of the child's cervical lesion. We believe this to be the third reported case of recurrence of a cervical osteochondroma. Surgeons dealing with such lesions should be mindful of this complication.
INTRODUCTION:Osteochondromas of the cervical spine are rare. We report an 8-year-old girl presenting with neck pain and a known familial predisposition for osteochondromas. CASE REPORT: Imaging revealed a presumed osteochondroma of the cervical spine located at C3. A cervical hemilaminectomy of the lesion was performed. Histopathology confirmed the lesion as an osteochondroma. Six months later, the child was found to have a recurrence of the previously resected lesion. CONCLUSION: The child was reoperated and the lesion removed along with the entire remaining lamina of C3. At 6-year follow-up, there has been no recurrence of the child's cervical lesion. We believe this to be the third reported case of recurrence of a cervical osteochondroma. Surgeons dealing with such lesions should be mindful of this complication.
Authors: Oscar García-González; J Nicolás Mireles-Cano; Natalia Sánchez-Zavala; Miguel A Chagolla-Santillan; Segio M Orozco-Ramirez; Pedro Silva-Cerecedo; Mario Murguia-Perez; Fernando Rueda-Franco Journal: Childs Nerv Syst Date: 2017-11-11 Impact factor: 1.475
Authors: Daniel M Sciubba; Mohamed Macki; Mohamad Bydon; Niccole M Germscheid; Jean-Paul Wolinsky; Stefano Boriani; Chetan Bettegowda; Dean Chou; Alessandro Luzzati; Jeremy J Reynolds; Zsolt Szövérfi; Patti Zadnik; Laurence D Rhines; Ziya L Gokaslan; Charles G Fisher; Peter Paul Varga Journal: J Neurosurg Spine Date: 2015-03-20