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Journal of Korean Neurosurgical Society 1997;26(8): 1135-1138. |
| Osteochondroma of the Lumbar Spine Misdiagnosed as Calcified Disc. |
| Soo Il Yoo, Jin Man Kim, Sang Joon Sim, Jun Ho Jo, Young Dae Kwon, Yong Sung Lee |
| Department of Neurosurgery, Incheon Christian Hospital, Incheon, Korea. |
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Cartilage-forming tumors are benign cartilaginous tumors that rarely affect the spinal canal. They account for 2% of all spinal tumors and 2.6% of all benign bone tumors, and involvement of the vertebral column is found in 3-5% of the cases. Pathologically, they may be classified as chondroma, osteochondroma, chondroblastoma and chondromyxoid fibroma.
This oncotype may remain asymptomatic or may present as a hard paravertebral swelling, or -more rarely- be accompanied by a slowly developing neurologic syndrome. We report the case of a 38 -year- old man in whom pain in the left buttock and left leg developed. Surgery involved a left partial hemilaminectomy and the mass was totally excised. |
| Key Words:
Cartilage-forming tumor; Spinal tumor; Osteochondroma; Neurologic syndrome |
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