%0 Journal Article
%T Common and Rare Causes of Spinal Dumbbell-Shaped Lesions Including a Chondrosarcoma That Primarily Developed in the Cervical Spine: A Case Report
%A Amirhossein Ghazavi
%A Ali Hekmatnia
%J Iranian Journal of Radiology
%D 2009
%I Tehran University of Medical Sciences
%X Various neoplastic, vascular and developmental causes may lead to spinal neural foraminal widening. Schwanomas and neurofibromas are the most common causes of spinal dumbbell-shaped lesions. Occasionally, some other slow-growing tumors may cause neural foraminal widening."nWe report an exceptional case of a spinal chondrosarcoma of the neural arcus of C5. The lesion passed through the C4-C5 foramen, producing a dumbbell mass.
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