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Cervical spine giant cell bone tumor: a case report

Authors: İdris Sertbaş, Mete Karatay, Uguray Payam Hacisalihoğlu

Published in: World Journal of Surgical Oncology | Issue 1/2019

Abstract

Background

Giant cell tumors (GCTs) of the bone are locally aggressive primary bone tumors with a benign character. Spinal involvement is rare and they are quite rare in the cervical spine.

Case presentation

A 31-year-old male patient presented with neck pain. Cervical CT revealed a lytic lesion extending posteriorly and causing the collapse of the C4 vertebra corpus. The patient underwent excision of the tumor extending from the anterior to the posterior with a single-stage anterior intervention followed by the placement of an anterior cage and plate-screw system for fusion. The pathology was reported as GCT.

Conclusions

The posteriorly located lesion was widely curetted through an anterior approach in a single session.

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Title: Cervical spine giant cell bone tumor: a case report
Authors: İdris Sertbaş
Mete Karatay
Uguray Payam Hacisalihoğlu
Publication date: 01-12-2019
Publisher: BioMed Central
Keywords: Computed Tomography
Computed Tomography
Cryotherapy
Cryotherapy
Radiotherapy
giant cell tumor
Published in: World Journal of Surgical Oncology / Issue 1/2019
Electronic ISSN: 1477-7819
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12957-019-1625-5

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