title: Solitary osteochondroma arising from cervical spina bifida occulta.
abstract: Solitary osteochondromas are common benign long bone tumors originating from cartilage. They may produce a wide variety of symptoms and complications depending on their spinal location. These may include compressive myelopathy, nerve root compression, pathologic fracture and malignant degeneration, or in some cases only pain. Solitary cervical spine osteochondromas have been reported mostly in the neural arch or vertebral body. This report describes a patient presenting with neck pain, with a benign osteochondroma arising in the right bifid C5 lamina.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Bakirkoy Research and Training Hospital for Neurology Neurosurgery, and Psychiatry, 34147 Istanbul, Turkey.
authors.forename: Ali Ender
authors.initials: AE
authors.lastname: Ofluoglu
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Bakirkoy Research and Training Hospital for Neurology Neurosurgery, and Psychiatry, 34147 Istanbul, Turkey.
authors.forename: Anas
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Abdallah
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Bakirkoy Research and Training Hospital for Neurology Neurosurgery, and Psychiatry, 34147 Istanbul, Turkey.
authors.forename: Akin
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Gokcedag