title: Chondroma of the cervical spine. Case report.
abstract: The authors report a case of cervical chondroma presenting with a syndrome of spinal cord compression in a 76-year-old woman. Total surgical removal of the lesion was followed by partial neurological recovery. Chondromas of the vertebral column are rarely reported in the literature.
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D002574:Cervical Vertebrae; D002812:Chondroma / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009192:Myelography; D013125:Spinal Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed