Upper Cervical Leiomyoma in an Adolescent Male.

Introduction: Leiomyomas are benign epithelial tumors with a female preponderance usually in the uterus, gastro-intestinal tract and skin. They are well-capsulated tumors with no mitotic activity and little pleomorphism. Primary leiomyoma in the upper cervical spine region is rare and the occurrence of these lesions in young immunocompetent males is extremely rare.

Aggressive Vertebral Hemangioma Causing Recurring Myelopathy -A Rare Case Report and Review of Literature.

Introduction: Vertebral hemangiomas although benign vascular lesions few of these may be ag-gressive causing osseous, extra-osseous and/or epidural expansions with recurrence rate as low as 3%. It should be considered as one of the important differentials while dealing with lytic lesions in the dorsal spine causing compressive myelopathy.

Case Report: A 16-year-old female came with an acute history of paraparesis with bladder in-volvement.

Percutaneous wide bore needle biopsy for spinal lesions using the kyphoplasty cannula-a technical note.

Purpose: Management of vertebral and discovertebral lesions depends on highly specific modalities like biopsy and histopathology. The transpedicular and transforaminal routes have gained popularity for obtaining samples for diagnosing these lesions. Sample inadequacy plays an important part in lowering the diagnostic accuracy.

Surgery Versus Radiofrequency Ablation in the Management of Spinal Osteoid Osteomas: A Spine Oncology Referral Center Comparison Analysis of 138 Cases.

Background: Osteoid osteomas (OOs) are benign bone forming tumors that, usually, occur in the extremities, with about 10% of them arising in the spine more commonly in the posterior elements. The aim of this study is to evaluate the long-term results of patients suffering from spinal OO treated with surgery and radiofrequency ablation.

Methods: This was a retrospective comparison analysis of data prospectively collected from 2 cohorts of consecutive patients diagnosed with OO of the spine treated at the same Institute from November 2002 to February 2019.

Radial Artery Pseudoaneurysm in a Post-operative Case of Midshaft Radius Fracture.

Introduction: Pseudoaneurysms of arteries are not uncommon complications of vessel handling during surgery. Early identification and management is important to prevent disastrous complications such as rupture and thrombosis.

Case Report: We describe a case of a 28-year-old male who developed a pseudoaneurysm of the radial artery after being operated by plating for a mid-shaft radius fracture.