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Giant cervical spine osteochondroma in an adolescent female
N Huda1, M Julfiqar2, Ajay Pant3
1Associate Professor, Department of Orthopaedics, Teerthanker Mahaveer Medical College and Research Centre , T.M.U. Moradabad U.P, India .
Abstract:
Osteochondroma or osteocartolaginous exostosis is by far the most common benign bone tumour, which accounts for 35% to 50% of benign bone neoplasms and 10% to 15% of all primary bone tumours. Osteochondroma represents a developmental enchondromatous hyperplasia which leads to formation of cartilage capped bony protrusions on bony surfaces. We present a case report of a 14-year- old female, who presented to us with a hard, gradually progressing, large painless swelling, over the left side of her neck. Swelling was nontender, extending from dorsal to ventral aspect, measuring 6 x 8 cm. Therefore, we are interested in introducing our case to medical fraternity, in which a giant lower cervical spine osteochondroma was seen in an adolescent female patient.
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