title: Desmoplastic fibroma of the cervical spine.
abstract: There have been only a few cases of desmoplastic fibroma of the spine in the literature and only one of them was purely located on the cervical spine. We report a new patient with the diagnosis of desmoplastic fibroma of the fourth cervical spine. The patient had the complaints of left arm and neck pain. After his radiological evaluation, a mass lesion was found on the left lamina of the fourth cervical spine. Surgical treatment was performed, and the histopathological examination revealed the diagnosis of desmoplastic fibroma. Patients with desmoplastic fibroma of the cervical spine may present with the arm and neck pain mimicking cervical disc disease. Higher index of suspicion by the clinicians must be practiced to make the appropriate diagnosis. Successful surgical outcome may be achieved in these patients.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Gulhane Military Medical Academy, Ankara, Turkey. mkd@gata.edu.tr
authors.forename: Mehmet
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Daneyemez
authors.forename: Kamil Melih
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: Akay
authors.forename: Yusuf
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Izci
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002574:Cervical Vertebrae / Q000473:pathology*; D018220:Fibroma, Desmoplastic / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013125:Spinal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed