An 44-year-old man turned to the Rizzoli-Sicilia Department due to a tetraparesis: a severe compression of the cervical cord caused the paralysis of all four limbs.

A critical situation, making the risk of a complete paralysis plausible. Therefore, he was operated by the director of the 1st Orthopaedic and Traumatologic Clinic, Cesare Faldini, together with the equipe of the department of Bagheria, directed by Giovanni Pignatti.

The happy ending is on his bike, where the story binding him to Bologna began. P.G., 40 year old, is a two-wheelers fan. He has an X-ray showing a scapula injury. At first it seems benign, then the cold shower: osteosarcoma, a rare and aggressive bone tumor.

The Italian reference centre is the Rizzoli Orthopaedic Institute, where P.G. is visited by Giuseppe Bianchi, MD of the Orthopedic Oncologic Clinic, directed by Professor Davide Donati.