C2 Solitary Bone Plasmacytoma Curettage and Vertebral Augmentation in an 83-Year-Old Female: Case Report and Review of Surgical Treatment Approaches in the Spine

Abstract

Surgically, solitary bone plasmacytoma (SBP) of the craniocervical junction (CCJ) is typically treated with cement augmentation and occipital-cervical stabilization (OCS). In the orthopedic spine literature, various surgical treatment options have been described for SBP, but only a few studies exist describing SBP of the CCJ with treatment involving cement augmentation alone. We report the case of an 83-year-old female found to have C2 SBP that was successfully treated with curettage and cement augmentation alone.

Radical external radiotherapy of a solitary plasmacytoma of C1

“…Solitary bone plasmacytoma (SBP) is defined as a single lytic lesion due to monoclonal plasma cell (PC) infiltration, with or without soft-tissue extension [ 1 ]. It represents 2–5% of PC malignancies [ 2 ].…”