Abstract
A 28-year-old man was admitted to our hospital with cervical pain for 3 months. The patient had a history of testicular seminoma and was operated 6 years ago. His physical examination and lateral cervical spine x-ray were normal. Magnetic resonance imaging was performed, and the images showed hypointense signal on T1-weighted images and hyperintense signal on T2-weighted images at the C2 vertebral body (Figure). Transoral biopsy was performed due to suspicion of metastasis; pathology was consistent with benign notochordal cell tumor. Metastasis or chordoma was not detected. Benign notochordal cell tumor is a rare intraosseous benign lesion of notochordal cell origin. Differential diagnosis includes chordoma, metastatic disease, hemangioma, lymphoma, and Paget disease. Onur Levent Ulusoy, MD Suleyman Tutar, MD Ersin Ozturk, Assoc. Prof. Ayhan Mutlu, MD Istanbul Florence Nightingale Hospital Department of Radiology 34381, Sisli, Istanbul, Turkey GATA Haydarpasa Teaching Hospital Department of Radiology 34668, Uskudar, Istanbul, Turkey
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