[Benign osteoporotic vertebral fracture due to compression of the spinal cord?]
Tunisie Medicale [La]. 2009; 87 (2): 152-154
in French
| IMEMR
| ID: emr-92960
ABSTRACT
A neurologic compromise associated with vertebral fractures is generally due to a malignancy causes. Therefore, an osteoporotic vertebral fracture can sometimes cause neurologic complications. Report a case of neurologic compromise associated with osteoporotic vertebral fractures. A-62-year-old man suffered from rheumatoid arthritis since 1985, presented a cervical pain associated with quadriparesia secondary to a C5 osteoporotic vertebral fractures. Osteonecrosis may be the cause of neurologic compromise associated with osteoporotic vertebral fractures
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IMEMR (Eastern Mediterranean)
Main subject:
Osteoporosis
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Arthritis, Rheumatoid
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Quadriplegia
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Cervical Vertebrae
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Spinal Fractures
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Neck Pain
Type of study:
Case report
Limits:
Humans
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Male
Language:
French
Journal:
Tunisie Med.
Year:
2009
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