Surgical treatment of giant cell tumor of the cervicothoracic spine with combined anterior and posterior approaches.

Generally, giant cell tumors are rare and their localization in the spine is even more so. They are locally aggressive leading to spine instability and neurologic deficits. Radical excision is highly advocated.

A rare case of adult medulloblastoma with spinal metastasis.

Medulloblastoma is a relatively common malignant brain tumor of childhood and relatively rare in adulthood, with a propensity for neuraxial spread via cerebrospinal fluid pathways. Osseous extraneural metastasis is uncommon and when it happens, radiologic findings are of sclerotic (60%), lytic (35%), and mixed patterns (5%) (Algra et al. (1992)).

[Langerhans cell histiocytosis causing cervical myelopathy].

Langerhans cell histiocytosis (LCH), a disorder of the phagocytic system, is a rare condition. Moreover, spinal involvement causing myelopathy is even rare and unusual. Here, we report a case of atypical LCH causing myelopathy, which was subsequently treated by corporectomy and fusion.

[Solitary intrasellar plasmocytoma revealed by a diplopia: a case report].

Introduction: Plasmocytomas rarely invade the skull base. It can be solitary or multiple. The clinical presentation mainly consists in a progressive neuropathy involving many cranial nerves, or may simply present as an optochiasmatic syndrome.