PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - JORGE H. NUÑEZ
AU  - PILAR GONZÁLEZ-TARTIÈRE
AU  - FRANK ERIMEIKU
AU  - ANA GARCÍA DE FRUTOS
AU  - MANUEL RAMÍREZ
TI  - Surgical Treatment of Cervical Spine Fibrous Dysplasia: Case Report and Literature Review
AID  - 10.14444/5082
DP  - 2018 Dec 01
TA  - International Journal of Spine Surgery
PG  - 659--664
VI  - 12
IP  - 6
4099  - http://ijssurgery.com//content/12/6/659.short
4100  - http://ijssurgery.com//content/12/6/659.full
SO  - Int J Spine Surg2018 Dec 01; 12
AB  - Background Fibrous dysplasia (FD) is an uncommon benign intramedullary fibro-osseous lesion. Cervical spine compromise is rare with only cases reported. Currently, the natural history of cervical FD is poorly understood, and its treatment remains controversial.Methods A review of the literature was performed to analyze and discuss the management of cervical FD through a case report and literature review.Results Cervical FD is a rare benign pathology. Clinical presentation is usually casual or only clinical pain. Computed tomography (CT)-guided percutaneous biopsy is a safe and effective technique for evaluation of spinal lesions; however, the accuracy of the preoperative biopsy findings has been disappointing. Although all treatments are valid, no one has been demonstrated to be better. Our proposed treatment, a corpectomy and fixation with a titanium mesh cage filled with allograft bone and an anterior cervical plate, showed good results.Conclusions The rarity of cervical FD and the lack of detailed reports with long-term follow-up periods complicate the research on the optimal treatment approach in these cases, but apparently all are valid for pain control. In our case, a corpectomy and fixation with a titanium mesh cage filled with allograft bone and an anterior cervical plate was carried out and showed good results. We submit this surgery option to be considered in these rare type of injuries.