Osteochondroma of thoracic spine - A case report

An osteochondroma, one of the most common benign bone tumors. Osteochondroma mostly arises from growing end of metaphysis of appendseal skeleton, by enchondral ossification. Very rarely arises from axial skeleton. Osteochondroma of spine usually arise from neural arch of cervical and thoracic vertebra and compression of spinal cord is seen more often in hereditary multiple exostosis than in solitary lesion. We report a case of solitary osteochondroma arising from the neural arch of T7vertebra without neurological deficit. Keyword :osteochondroma, dorsal spine