Neurosurgery · 1986 · 17 citations · 0 references
MedicineOrthopaedic SurgerySurgeryBone GraftingOrthopedic OncologySpine SurgeryBone PathologyBone TumorsOsteochondral GraftingSpinal TumorsSpine DisordersVertebral AnatomyBone Graft BlocksCartilaginous Tumors Of BoneEnchondroma SurgeryLocal Bone GraftVertebral BodiesVertebral PathologyVertebral Tumors
Enchondroma is a benign cartilaginous tumor rarely found in the vertebral column. The authors report a case of a 24-year-old woman with upper extremity paresthesias and weakness secondary to bony destruction of multiple vertebral bodies by an enchondroma. The tumor was treated by block excision of the involved vertebral bodies followed by placement of a bone graft.