en Spine Case report <div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:115%"><span calibri="" style="font-family:"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="background:white"><span style="line-height:115%"><span new="" roman="" style="font-family:" times=""><span style="color:#1f1f1f">Background and importance: Cervical laminectomy and fixation (PCF) is a surgery used in the treatment of symptomatic patients who are resistant to medical therapy, though it can have serious complications affecting patient outcomes.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br> <span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:115%"><span calibri="" style="font-family:"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="background:white"><span style="line-height:115%"><span new="" roman="" style="font-family:" times=""><span style="color:#1f1f1f"><strong>Case Presentation:</strong> This case report describes a rare occurrence of a solitary fibrous tumor (SFT) at the site of a previous cervical laminectomy in a 45-year-old female patient. Following non-surgical treatment for paresthesia and weakness in the upper limbs due to cervical stenosis, the patient underwent cervical laminectomy from C3-6 without instrumentation. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br> <span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:115%"><span calibri="" style="font-family:"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="background:white"><span style="line-height:115%"><span new="" roman="" style="font-family:" times=""><span style="color:#1f1f1f"><strong>Conclusion: </strong>One year after surgery, the patient presented with severe pain and swelling at the surgical site, and radiological evaluation revealed a large mass in the para-vertebral muscular layer. The mass was removed, and microscopic evaluation revealed a typical SFT. The patient underwent an extension of laminectomy and fusion with lateral mass screw, and follow-up at six months showed no recurrence of the tumor.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br> &nbsp;</div> Solitary fibrous tumor, Cervical laminectomy, Soft tissue neoplasm, Postoperative complications, Magnetic resonance imaging 66 71 http://irjns.org/browse.php?a_code=A-10-525-1&slc_lang=en&sid=1 Amir Mahabadi amirmahabadi@med.mui.ac.ir 100319475328460011260 100319475328460011260 Yes Department of Neurosurgery, School of Medicine, Kashani Hospital, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran Navid Askariardehjani 100319475328460011261 100319475328460011261 No Department of Neurosurgery, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran Majid Rezvani 100319475328460011262 100319475328460011262 No Department of Neurosurgery, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran Mehdi Shafiei 100319475328460011263 100319475328460011263 No Department of Neurosurgery, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran Mehdi Mahmoodkhani drmahmoodkhani@gmail.com 100319475328460011264 100319475328460011264 No Department of Neurosurgery, School of Medicine, Kashani Hospital, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, IranNeurosurgery, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran