Chondrosarcoma in the body of the C2 vertebral axis

JAAPA. 2020 Nov;33(11):29-31. doi: 10.1097/01.JAA.0000718280.57597.60.

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.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Axis, Cervical Vertebra / diagnostic imaging
  • Axis, Cervical Vertebra / pathology
  • Axis, Cervical Vertebra / surgery*
  • Cervical Vertebrae
  • Chondrosarcoma / diagnostic imaging
  • Chondrosarcoma / pathology
  • Chondrosarcoma / surgery*
  • Diffusion Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Endoscopy / methods*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Spinal Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging
  • Spinal Neoplasms / pathology
  • Spinal Neoplasms / surgery*
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed
  • Treatment Outcome