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ArticleBMJ case reports2016

Rare cause of neck pain: tumours of the posterior elements of the cervical spine.

Yoshihiro Katsuura, Garrick Cason, James Osborn

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Article in BMJ case reports, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Yoshihiro KatsuuraUniversity of Tennessee Health Science Center College of Medicine, Chattanooga, Tennessee, USA.
Garrick CasonUniversity of Tennessee Health Science Center College of Medicine, Chattanooga, Tennessee, USA.
James OsbornUniversity of Tennessee Health Science Center College of Medicine, Chattanooga, Tennessee, USA.
University of Tennessee Health Science Center · USUniversity of Tennessee at Chattanooga · US

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Here we present two cases of primary bone tumours of the cervical spine in patients who had persistent neck pain-in one case, lasting 8 years. In each case, there was a delay in diagnosis and referral to a spine specialist was prolonged. Primary bone tumours of the spine are rare, which is in contrast to the wide prevalence of cervical neck pain. Many primary care providers may go an entire career without encountering a symptomatic primary cervical spine tumour. In this paper, we discuss the clinical course and treatment of each patient and review the current literature on primary bone tumours of the spine. Owing to the subtle roentgenographic findings of primary cervical tumours, we highlight the importance of advanced imaging in the clinical work-up of simple axial neck pain lasting >6 weeks to avoid misdiagnosis of serious pathology.

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Cervical VertebraeDiagnosis, DifferentialFemaleHumansMagnetic Resonance ImagingMiddle AgedNeck PainOsteoblastomaSpinal NeoplasmsTomography, X-Ray Computed

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PMID27979844
PMCPMC5174773
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