Primary osteosarcoma of the spine: a review of 10 cases.

The authors describe 10 cases of osteosarcoma of the spine treated between January 1951 and December 2010, and obtained from the Tumour Registry of their hospital. The mean age at presentation was 38.8 years (range: 16-73 years); the mean duration of symptoms was 5.

Aneurysmal bone cysts of the vertebrae.

Purpose: To review records of 14 patients with aneurysmal bone cysts (ABCs) of the spine.

Methods: Using the Scottish Bone Tumour Registry for the period of October 1952 to November 2005, records of 9 females and 5 males aged 8 to 63 (mean, 25.3) years who had ABCs of the spine and were followed up for a mean of 7.