Turkish Neurosurgery 1996 , Vol 6 , Num 3-4
OSTEO BLASTOMA OF THE CERVICAL SPINE. HISTOPATHOLOGICAL AND RADIOLOGICAL CORRELATION
Ramazan DURMAZ1, Hakan BOZOĞLU1, Sare KABUKÇUOGLU2, Erkan VARDARELI3, Eşref TEL1
1Osmangazi University Faculty of Medicine, Departments of Neurosurgery Eskisehir, Turkey
2 Osmangazi University Faculty of Medicine, Departments of Pathology, Eskisehir, Turkey
3 Osmangazi University Faculty of Medicine, Departments of Nuclear Medicine, Eskisehir, Turkey
This is the case report of an eight-year old boy with a benign osteoblastoma of the C3 vertebra. The clinical, radiological, gross and histopathological findings concerning the tumor are sufficiently characteristic and exclusive to justify the diagnosis of "osteoblastoma". Keywords : Osteoblastoma, scintigraphy, spine, surgery
Corresponding author : Ramazan Durmaz