The Spine Journal
An unusual cause of spinal compression in a young woman: cervical osteochondroma A 24-year-old woman presented to our clinic with weakness in the left arm of a few months’ duration. The cervical X-ray revealed no abnormalities. On physical examination, there was weakness in the C2 and C3 distribution on the left side. Our initial diagnosis was that of a disc lesion, and a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) was performed. The MRI revealed a bony mass protruding from the left lamina of the vertebral body of C3 with a cortical edge compressing the C2 and C3 left spinal roots (Figure, Left and Right).
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(2014)
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Hayri Ogul, MDa Kutsi Tuncer, MDb Cahit Emre Can, MDb Mecit Kantarci, MD, PhDa a Department of Radiology Faculty of Medicine Ataturk University 200 Evler Mah. 14. Sok No 5, Dadaskent Erzurum 25240, Turkey b Department of Orthopaedic Surgery Faculty of Medicine Ataturk University 200 Evler Mah. 14. Sok No 5, Dadaskent Erzurum 25240, Turkey FDA device/drug status: Not applicable. Author disclosures: HO: Nothing to disclose. KT: Nothing to disclose. CEC: Nothing to disclose. MK: Nothing to disclose.
Figure. Sagittal (Left) and axial (Right) T2-weighted magnetic resonance imaging show a bony mass protruding from the left lamina of the vertebral body of C3 with a cortical edge compressing the C2 and C3 left spinal roots. The arrow indicated bony mass. 1529-9430/$ - see front matter Ó 2014 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.spinee.2014.02.020
An unusual cause of spinal compression in a young woman: cervical osteochondroma A 24-year-old woman presented to our clinic with weakness in the left arm of a few months’ duration. The cervical X-ray revealed no abnormalities. On physical examination, there was weakness in the C2 and C3 distribution on the left side. Our initial diagnosis was that of a disc lesion, and a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) was performed. The MRI revealed a bony mass protruding from the left lamina of the vertebral body of C3 with a cortical edge compressing the C2 and C3 left spinal roots (Figure, Left and Right).
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(2014)
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Hayri Ogul, MDa Kutsi Tuncer, MDb Cahit Emre Can, MDb Mecit Kantarci, MD, PhDa a Department of Radiology Faculty of Medicine Ataturk University 200 Evler Mah. 14. Sok No 5, Dadaskent Erzurum 25240, Turkey b Department of Orthopaedic Surgery Faculty of Medicine Ataturk University 200 Evler Mah. 14. Sok No 5, Dadaskent Erzurum 25240, Turkey FDA device/drug status: Not applicable. Author disclosures: HO: Nothing to disclose. KT: Nothing to disclose. CEC: Nothing to disclose. MK: Nothing to disclose.
Figure. Sagittal (Left) and axial (Right) T2-weighted magnetic resonance imaging show a bony mass protruding from the left lamina of the vertebral body of C3 with a cortical edge compressing the C2 and C3 left spinal roots. The arrow indicated bony mass. 1529-9430/$ - see front matter Ó 2014 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.spinee.2014.02.020
