[Radiation-induced sarcoma of the sixth cervical vertebra (author's transl)]

The authors report the case of a patient who suffered a sarcoma of the sixth cervical vertebra eleven years after a malpighian epithelioma of the pharynx had been treated and healed by local excision and radiotherapy. A radiation-induced sarcoma caused a tetraplegia. Laminectomy and plate fixation resulted in some recovery but the patient died three months later.