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Chondrosarcoma in the body of the C2 vertebral axis
Baris Ozoner1, Ahmet Kayhan, Nil Comunoglu
1Baris Ozoner practices in the Department of Neurosurgery at the medical faculty of Bahcesehir University in Istanbul, Turkey. Ahmet Kayhan practices in the Department of Neurosurgery at Istanbul University-Cerrahpasa, Cerrahpasa medical faculty in Istanbul, Turkey. Nil Comunoglu practices in the Department of Pathology at Istanbul University-Cerrahpasa. Seckin Aydin practices in the Department of Neurosurgery at the University of Health Sciences, Okmeydani Training and Research Hospital, in Istanbul, Turkey. Galip Zihni Sanus and Necmettin Tanriover practice in the Department of Neurosurgery at Istanbul University-Cerrahpasa. The authors have disclosed no potential conflicts of interest, financial or otherwise.
Abstract:
Chondrosarcoma, a malignant bone tumor, is rarely encountered in the cervical spine. This article describes a patient whose neck pain and dysphagia were caused by an expansive, destructive lesion with calcification that was located in the body of the axis (C2 vertebra), the first time a chondrosarcoma has been reported in this location.
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