Osteoblastoma like osteosarcoma of the cervical spine

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Gastón Camino Willhuber
Gonzalo Kido
Martín Estefan
Maximiliano Mereles
Julio Bassani
Matías Petracchi
Carlos Sola
Marcelo Gruenberg

Abstract

 Osteoblastoma-like osteosarcoma; a less aggressive variant of osteosarcoma;is a rare entity and represents a clinical and histopathological diagnostic challenge. We have found few reports of cases of this tumor in the literature. In this case we describe an osteoblastoma-like osteosarcoma located in the cervical spine in a 16-year-old patient. Tomography guided bone biopsy showed a lesion with a permeative growth pattern with suspicion of an osteoblastoma-like osteosarcoma. A total block spondylikectomy wasperformed through a double approach. We present the clinical case, the diagnostic sequence, the surgical technique and 10-year follow-up.

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Camino Willhuber, G., Kido, G., Estefan, M., Mereles, M., Bassani, J., Petracchi, M., Sola, C., & Gruenberg, M. (2019). Osteoblastoma like osteosarcoma of the cervical spine. Revista De La Asociación Argentina De Ortopedia Y Traumatología, 84(2), 149-154. https://doi.org/10.15417/issn.1852-7434.2019.84.2.798
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Gastón Camino Willhuber, Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, Argentina

Sector Patología del Raquis, Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, Argentina

Gonzalo Kido, Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, Argentina

Sector Patología del Raquis, Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, Argentina

Martín Estefan, Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, Argentina

Sector Patología del Raquis, Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, Argentina

Maximiliano Mereles, Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, Argentina

Sector Patología del Raquis, Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, Argentina

Julio Bassani, Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, Argentina

Sector Patología del Raquis, Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, Argentina

Matías Petracchi, Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, Argentina

Sector Patología del Raquis, Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, Argentina

Carlos Sola, Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, Argentina

Sector Patología del Raquis, Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, Argentina

Marcelo Gruenberg, Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, Argentina

Sector Patología del Raquis, Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, Argentina

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