Osteoblastoma of C2 Corpus: 4 Years Follow-up.
- Author:
Cem YILMAZ
1
;
Erdinc CIVELEK
;
Hakan CANER
;
Erdinc AYDIN
;
Aydin GERILMEZ
;
Nur ALTINORS
Author Information
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords: Osteoblastoma; Osteoid osteoma; C2 corpus; Anterior cervical approach
- MeSH: Child; Diagnosis, Differential; Follow-Up Studies; Humans; Neck Pain; Osteoblastoma; Osteoma, Osteoid; Recurrence; Spine; Torticollis
- From:Asian Spine Journal 2012;6(2):136-139
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
- Abstract: Osteoblastomas are rare neoplasms of the spine. The majority of the spinal lesions arise from the posterior elements and involvement of the corpus is usually by extension through the pedicles. An extremely rare case of isolated C2 corpus osteoblastoma is presented herein. A 9-year-old boy who presented with neck pain and spasmodic torticollis was shown to have a lesion within the corpus of C2. He underwent surgery via an anterior cervical approach and the completely-resected mass was reported to be an osteoblastoma. The pain resolved immediately after surgery and he had radiologic assessments on a yearly basis. He was symptom-free 4 years post-operatively with benign radiologic findings. Although rare, an osteoblastoma should be considered in the differential diagnosis of neck pain and torticollis, especially in patients during the first two decades of life. The standard treatment for osteoblastomas is radical surgical excision because the recurrence rate is high following incomplete resection.
