An unusual cause of spinal compression in a young woman: cervical osteochondroma

Abstract

A 24-year-old woman presented to our clinic with weakness in the left arm of a few months’ duration. The cervical X-ray revealed no abnormalities. On physical examination, there was weakness in the C2 and C3 distribution on the left side. Our initial diagnosis was that of a disc lesion, and a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) was performed. The MRI revealed a bony mass protruding from the left lamina of the vertebral body of C3 with a cortical edge compressing the C2 and C3 left spinal roots (Figure, Left and Right).