Nuchal fibrocartilaginous pseudomotor. Case report and review of the literature.
The case of a 30-year-old woman who, many years after a trauma to the neck, developed a hard tissue mass in the posterior midline at C5-C6 level is reported. The patient underwent surgical excision of the mass. Nucal fibrocartilaginous pseudotumor (NFP) was diagnosed. This is a very rare non-neoplastic lesion, probably arising throug a post-traumatic metaplasia of the nuchal ligament, and only 14 cases have been reported to date in the literature. The clinicopathologic and neuroradiologic features of NFP are described.
Nicoletti
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Institute of Neurosurgery, University of Catania, Catania, Italy.
Platania
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Cicero
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Furnari
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Albanese
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D000328:Adult; D001269:Atlanto-Occipital Joint; D002357:Cartilage Diseases / Q000473:pathology*; D002574:Cervical Vertebrae; D005260:Female; D005355:Fibrosis; D006258:Head and Neck Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008023:Ligaments, Articular / Q000473:pathology*; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008679:Metaplasia; D009333:Neck