[Benign osteoporotic vertebral fracture due to compression of the spinal cord?]
Tunisie Medicale [La]. 2009; 87 (2): 152-154
em Francês
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| 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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Índice:
IMEMR (Mediterrâneo Oriental)
Assunto principal:
Osteoporose
/
Artrite Reumatoide
/
Quadriplegia
/
Vértebras Cervicais
/
Fraturas da Coluna Vertebral
/
Cervicalgia
Tipo de estudo:
Relato de Casos
Limite:
Humanos
/
Masculino
Idioma:
Francês
Revista:
Tunisie Med.
Ano de publicação:
2009
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