Author(s)

Tatsuya Sato¹, Takatoshi Okuda¹, Tsuyoshi Saito², Ikuho Yonezawa¹, Shingo Onda¹, Yukitoshi Shimamura¹, Kei Yoshikawa¹, Hiromitsu Takano¹, Kazuo Kaneko¹

¹Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Juntendo University School of Medicine 2-1-1 Hongo, Tokyo, Japan.
²Department of Human Pathology, Juntendo University School of Medicine 2-1-1 Hongo, Tokyo, Japan.

Dumbbell growth is often observed in schwannoma but rarely in meningioma. In particular, the occurrence of dumbbell meningioma at the cervical cord level in Japan is markedly rare. We reported an elderly case with symptomatic meningioma that developed in a dumbbell shape from cervical spine and was treated successfully by surgery.

Dumbbell Meningioma, Spinous Process Preservation, Cervical Spine, Spinal Tumor, Spinal Surgery

Sato, T. , Okuda, T. , Saito, T. , Yonezawa, I. , Onda, S. , Shimamura, Y. , Yoshikawa, K. , Takano, H. and Kaneko, K. (2016) A Rare Case of Cervical Dumbbell Meningioma with the C2 Spinous Process Preservation. Open Journal of Orthopedics, 6, 98-102. doi: 10.4236/ojo.2016.64014.