Background: Giant cell tumors (GCTs) of the bone are locally aggressive primary bone tumors with a benign character. Spinal involvement is rare and they are quite rare in the cervical spine. Case presentation: A 31-year-old male patient presented with neck pain. Cervical CT revealed a lytic lesion extending posteriorly and causing the collapse of the C4 vertebra corpus. The patient underwent excision of the tumor extending from the anterior to the posterior with a single-stage anterior intervention followed by the placement of an anterior cage and plate-screw system for fusion. The pathology was reported as GCT. Conclusions: The posteriorly located lesion was widely curetted through an anterior approach in a single session.
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Sertbaş, I., Karatay, M., & Hacisalihoǧlu, U. P. (2019). Cervical spine giant cell bone tumor: A case report. World Journal of Surgical Oncology, 17(1). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12957-019-1625-5
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