title: Bilateral traumatic neuroma of the anterior cervical nerve root: case report.
abstract: METHODS
  Case report.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  A rare case of anterior cervical second root traumatic neuroma with no history of trauma is reported, and possible etiology is discussed.
  
  
  BACKGROUND
  Traumatic neuroma is the reactive, nonneoplastic proliferation in the injured nerve. Several atypical locations of traumatic neuroma have been reported. To date, only 4 cervical traumatic neuroma cases with no history of trauma have been reported, and, to our knowledge, there is no case of bilateral cervical traumatic neuroma published in the literature.
  
  
  METHODS
  A patient with a history of neck and left upper extremity pain, who had hypoesthesia in left C2 dermatome on neurologic examination is presented. A left C2-C3 hemilaminectomy and tumor extirpation were performed.
  
  
  RESULTS
  A histopathologic study revealed features of a typical traumatic neuroma. The patient had no deficits on her postoperative neurologic examination, and her neck and left arm pain improved. The unusual location of this lesion and possible etiology of such a traumatic neuroma are discussed.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  A rare case of anterior bilateral cervical second root traumatic neuroma with no history of trauma is reported. An unnoticed history of trauma may play an etiologic role in the development of these lesions.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Selcuk University, Konya, Turkey. fuatorun@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Fuat
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Torun
authors.forename: Hakan
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Tuna
authors.forename: Gokmen
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Kahilogullari
authors.forename: Celal
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Bagdatoglu
authors.forename: Sukru
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Caglar
mesh_terms: D001132:Arm; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006987:Hypesthesia / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology; D007796:Laminectomy; D008875:Middle Aged; D009333:Neck; D019547:Neck Pain / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology; D009420:Nervous System / Q000503:physiopathology; D009460:Neurologic Examination; D009463:Neuroma / Q000150:complications / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D010146:Pain / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology; D012867:Skin / Q000294:innervation; D013126:Spinal Nerve Roots / Q000293:injuries* / Q000503:physiopathology; D014947:Wounds and Injuries / Q000150:complications / Q000503:physiopathology