European spine journal : official publication of the European Spine Society, the European Spinal Deformity Society, and the European Section of the Cervical Spine Research Society
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Case Reports
Seventh cervical vertebral body solitary osteochondroma. Report of a case and review of the literature.
Solitary osteochondroma of the cervical spine is a rare manifestation of a common bony tumour. It can create symptoms, depending on the adjacent compressed structures. In this report, a patient suffering solitary osteochondroma on the anterolateral aspect of the C7 vertebral body is presented and the literature is reviewed. ⋯ At the cervical spine, they can cause neurological symptoms and more rarely, dysphagia. Reviewing the literature, no case of solitary osteochondroma located in the anterior aspect of the C7 body was found. Two cases suffering from dysphagia were reported due to external compression by anterior hyperostosis of the cervical spine, but not due to osteochondroma.