Cervical Spine Chondroma Compressing Spinal Cord: A Case Report and Literature Review

Chondromas are benign tumor of cartilaginous tissue that is rarely found in spine. The authors document a rare case of a 72 year old male patient with a cervical spinal chondroma compressing the spinal cord. The patient had symptoms of motor and sensory deficits, dysphagia and dysarthria. C1 and C2...

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Autores principales: Byun, Yoon Hwan, Sohn, Seil, Park, Sung-Hye, Chung, Chun Kee
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Korean Spinal Neurosurgery Society 2015
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4731564/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26834817
http://dx.doi.org/10.14245/kjs.2015.12.4.275
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Sumario:Chondromas are benign tumor of cartilaginous tissue that is rarely found in spine. The authors document a rare case of a 72 year old male patient with a cervical spinal chondroma compressing the spinal cord. The patient had symptoms of motor and sensory deficits, dysphagia and dysarthria. C1 and C2 laminotomy was done and the spinal tumor was removed. The patient gradually recovered from his previous symptom after the surgery.

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