title: Simple bone cyst of the axis.
abstract: A 12-year-old girl presented with a 1-month history of posterior neck pain and a large cyst in the second cervical vertebra. She underwent complete curettage of the cyst wall without any kind of bone graft, and the surgical result was good. Microscopic findings in the cyst wall were consistent with simple bone cyst, which is very rare in the spine.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, St. Vincent's Hospital, Catholic University Medical College, Suwon, South Korea.
authors.forename: C K
authors.initials: CK
authors.lastname: Park
authors.forename: K K
authors.initials: KK
authors.lastname: Cho
authors.forename: S W
authors.initials: SW
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: J S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Jeon
authors.forename: J K
authors.initials: JK
authors.lastname: Kang
authors.forename: C R
authors.initials: CR
authors.lastname: Choi
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001368:Axis, Cervical Vertebra / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D001845:Bone Cysts / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed