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A rare case of solitary osteochondroma of the dens of the C2 vertebra

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We report an extremely rare case of a 22-year-old man with an asymptomatic osteochondroma of the dens of C2 vertebra accidentally found during a brain CT scan examination.

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  1. Department of Neurosurgery, General Hospital of Nikea – Piraeus, Agios Panteleimon, Greece

    E. Chatzidakis, S. Lypiridis & G. Kazdaglis

  2. Department of CT -Radiology, General Hospital of Nikea – Piraeus, Agios Panteleimon, Greece

    K. Chatzikonstadinou & G. Papatheodorou

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Chatzidakis, E., Lypiridis, S., Kazdaglis, G. et al. A rare case of solitary osteochondroma of the dens of the C2 vertebra. Acta Neurochir (Wien) 149, 637–638 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00701-007-1151-z

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