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¹Gazi University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Neurosurgery, Ankara, Turkey
²Gazi University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Pathology, Ankara, Turkey By this case report we will describe an unusual settlement of tenosynovial giant cell tumor. These lesions most often get origin from tenosynovium of the digits, knees or ankles. Rareley they can arise from bigger joints. In our case the patient had a tumor developed from the tendon sheat in the servical spine. This is the third case of tenosynovial giant cell tumor of the cervical spine reported to date. In our study the clinical, radiological, surgical and pathologic features of this tumor are described and a brief review of the previous literature is provided. Keywords : Cervical spine, giant cell tumor, tendon sheath