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Tenosynovial giant cell tumor of the upper cervical spine arising from the posterior atlanto-occipital membrane: a case report
- Source :
- Skeletal Radiology. 50:451-455
- Publication Year :
- 2020
- Publisher :
- Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 2020.
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Abstract
- A tenosynovial giant cell tumor is a benign proliferative disease, mostly arising from the synovial membrane of tendon sheaths, bursae, and joints. Axial skeleton involvement is very rare, but it is often found in the cervical spine. Spinal tenosynovial giant cell tumors often arise at the facet joints; a completely extra-articular spinal tenosynovial giant cell tumor is rare. We report an extremely rare case of tenosynovial giant cell tumor in the upper cervical spine that extended from the posterior atlanto-occipital membrane rather than the facet joint. Herein, the clinical and radiological findings will be reviewed to better our understanding of the characteristics of spinal tenosynovial giant cell tumors, and to help improve their diagnosis despite their non-typical locations of origin.
- Subjects :
- musculoskeletal diseases
medicine.medical_specialty
Facet (geometry)
Axial skeleton
Giant Cell Tumor of Tendon Sheath
Zygapophyseal Joint
030218 nuclear medicine & medical imaging
Facet joint
03 medical and health sciences
0302 clinical medicine
medicine
Humans
Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and imaging
Giant Cell Tumors
030203 arthritis & rheumatology
business.industry
Synovial Membrane
Anatomy
musculoskeletal system
Spinal cord
Tendon
medicine.anatomical_structure
Orthopedic surgery
Cervical Vertebrae
Synovial membrane
business
Neck
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 14322161 and 03642348
- Volume :
- 50
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Skeletal Radiology
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....bc9f21e42d0a74294f8805281df8191f