Multiple Hereditary Exostoses with Tetraparesis Due To Cervical Spine Osteochondroma

Ali Akhaddar; Mohamed Zyani; Issam Rharrassi

doi:10.1016/j.wneu.2018.05.078

Multiple Hereditary Exostoses with Tetraparesis Due To Cervical Spine Osteochondroma

World Neurosurg. 2018 Aug:116:247-248. doi: 10.1016/j.wneu.2018.05.078. Epub 2018 May 18.

Authors

Ali Akhaddar¹, Mohamed Zyani², Issam Rharrassi²

Affiliations

¹ Avicenne Military Hospital, Marrakech, and Department of Neurosurgery, Mohammed V University, Rabat, Morocco. Electronic address: akhaddar@hotmail.fr.
² Avicenne Military Hospital, Marrakech, and Department of Neurosurgery, Mohammed V University, Rabat, Morocco.

PMID: 29783013
DOI: 10.1016/j.wneu.2018.05.078

Abstract

This is a case report of a 34-year-old man with hereditary multiple exostoses who presented with gradual tetraparesis. Neuroimaging evaluation revealed an important posterior spinal cord compression by a C3 bony formation. Following posterior microsurgical decompression, the patient recovered nearly completely. Histopathologic examination of the intraspinal lesion confirmed the diagnosis of benign osteochondroma. The patient returned to a normal life without evidence of recurrence at 2-year follow-up.

Keywords: Cervical spine; Multiple hereditary exostoses; Myelopathy; Osteochondroma; Spinal cord compression; Surgery; Tetraparesis.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adult
Bone Neoplasms / complications*
Bone Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging
Cervical Vertebrae / diagnostic imaging
Cervical Vertebrae / pathology
Exostoses / diagnostic imaging
Exostoses / etiology*
Humans
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Male
Neurosurgical Procedures
Osteochondroma / complications*
Osteochondroma / diagnostic imaging
Quadriplegia / diagnostic imaging
Quadriplegia / etiology*
Quadriplegia / surgery
Spinal Cord Compression / etiology
Spinal Cord Compression / surgery
Spinal Neoplasms / complications*
Spinal Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging
Tomography Scanners, X-Ray Computed
Treatment Outcome