Abstract

DOMINGUEZ, C.J.; MARTIN-FERRER, S.; RIMBAU, J.  and  JOLY, C.. Upper cervical chondrosarcoma. Neurocirugía [online]. 2005, vol.16, n.3, pp.261-265. ISSN 1130-1473.

Spinal chodrosarcoma is extremely rare and slowly growing tumor. They have been reported in thoracolumbar spine and lower cervical spine10. Our case, a female, has a tumor located in the axis with extension into C3 and then caudally to C4 as the disease progressed. We present a technical innovation in spinal stabilization and compared our result with previously reported cases.

Keywords : Chondrosarcoma; Spine tumor; Cervical spine; Instability.

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