A rare case of solitary osteochondroma of the dens of the C2 vertebra.
We report an extremely rare case of a 22-year-old man with an asymptomatic osteochondroma of the dens of C2 vertebra accidentally found during a brain CT scan examination.
Chatzidakis
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Department of Neurosurgery, General Hospital of Nikea - Piraeus, Agios Panteleimon, Greece. manosdoc@altecnet.gr
Lypiridis
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Kazdaglis
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Chatzikonstadinou
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Papatheodorou
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D000328:Adult; D000465:Algorithms; D002574:Cervical Vertebrae / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D016489:Head Injuries, Closed / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D007091:Image Processing, Computer-Assisted; D021621:Imaging, Three-Dimensional; D033162:Incidental Findings; D008297:Male; D009809:Odontoid Process / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D015831:Osteochondroma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D013125:Spinal Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D036542:Tomography, Spiral Computed