Solitary lumbar osteochondroma presenting with foot-drop: a case report.
Although osteochondroma is the most common benign bone tumor, the lumbar spine     is anuncommon localization for solitary osteochondroma. Solitary lumbar     osteochondromas rarely affect the neurological structures, because most of the     lesions grow out of the spinal canal. We report a 48-year-old patient suffering     from right foot-drop due to acute compression of right L4 nerve root by a lesion     expanding into the spinal canal, originating from the right inferior articular     facet of the third lumbar vertebrae. The symptoms improved after surgical     removal of the lesion and histopathological examination of the lesion confirmed     the diagnosis of osteochondroma. To the best of our knowledge, this is a unique     case report in the literature.
M.H. Diskapi Yildirim Beyazit Education and Research Hospital, Clinic of First Neurosurgery, Ankara, Turkey. kahveci.drramazan@gmail.com
Ramazan
R
Kahveci
Mehmet Fikret
MF
Ergungor
Ahmet
A
Gunaydin
Ahmet Metin
AM
Sanli
Atiye
A
Temiz
D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D020233:Gait Disorders, Neurologic / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008159:Lumbar Vertebrae / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015831:Osteochondroma / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D011859:Radiography; D013125:Spinal Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery