Nuchal fibrocartilaginous pseudotumor: A distinctive soft-tissue lesion associated with prior neck injury

American Journal of Surgical Pathology

Volumn 21, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 836-840

  O'Connell, John X ^a   Janzen, Dennis L ^a   Hughes, Timothy R ^b  

^a VANCOUVER GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b LIONS GATE HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Chondroma; Fibrocartilage; Nuchal ligament; Pseudotumor

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARTILAGE TUMOR; CASE REPORT; CERVICAL SPINE; CHONDROMA; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EXCISION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIGAMENT; MALE; METAPLASIA; NECK INJURY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PSEUDOTUMOR; SOFT TISSUE TUMOR; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECK INJURIES; NEOPLASMS, CONNECTIVE TISSUE; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING;

EID: 0030885173     PISSN: 01475185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000478-199707000-00012     Document Type: Article

References (15)

1. Allen PW, Enzinger FM. Juvenile aponeurotic fibroma. Cancer 1970;26:857-67.
2. Balachandran K, Allen PW, MacCormac LB. Nuchal fibroma: a clinicopathological study of nine cases. Am J Surg Pathol 1995;19:313-7.
3. Berquist TH, Cabanela ME. The spine. In: Berquist TH, ed. Imaging of Orthopedic Trauma. 2nd ed. New York: Raven, 1992:151-61.
4. Chung EB, Enzinger FM. Chondroma of soft parts. Cancer 1978;41:1414-24.
5. Enzinger FM, Weiss SW. Osseous tumors of soft tissue. In: Soft Tissue Tumors. 3rd ed. St. Louis: CV Mosby, 1995:1013-21.
6. Keats TE. The spine. In: Atlas of Normal Roentgen Variants that May Simulate Disease. 5th ed St. Louis: CV Mosby, 1992:214.
7. Lewinnek GE, Peterson SE. A calcified fibrocartilaginous nodule in the ligamentum nuchae presenting as a tumor. Clin Orthop Rel Res 1978;136:163-5.
8. Nakashima Y, Unni KK, Shives TC, Swee RG, Dahlin DC. Mesenchymal chondrosarcoma of bone and soft tissue: a review of 111 cases. Cancer 1986;57:2444-53.
9. Munk PL, Poon PY, Chhem RK, Janzen DL. Imaging of soft tissue sarcomas. Can Assoc Radiol J 1994;45:438-46.
10. Ralphs JR, Benjamin M. The joint capsule: structure, composition, ageing and disease. J Anat 1994;184:503-9.
11. Scapinelli R. Sesamoid bones in the ligamentum nuchae of man. J Anat 1963;97:417-22.
12. Shokeir MO, Duncan CP, O'Connell JX. Revision hip arthroplasty: a histologic review. Int J Surg Pathol 1996;3:247-56.
13. Sviland L, Malcolm AJ. Synovial chondromatosis presenting as painless soft tissue mass - a report of 19 cases. Histopathology 1995;27:275-9.
14. Williams PL, Warrick R. Grays Anatomy. 36th ed. New York: Churchill Livingstone, 1980:445.
15. Yahia H, Drouin G, Maurais G, Garzon S, Hivar Ch-H. Degeneration of the human lumbar spine ligaments: an ultrastructural study. Path Res Pract 1989;184:369-75.