Thoracic vertebral body exostosis as a cause of myelopathy in a patient with hereditary multiple exostoses

Journal of Spinal Disorders and Techniques

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 144-148

  Mermer, Matthew J ^a   Gupta, Munish C ^a   Salamon, Peter B ^a   Benson, Daniel R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Hereditary multiple exostoses; Myelopathy; Osteochondroma

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BONE DYSPLASIA; CASE REPORT; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; EXOSTOSIS; HEREDITARY MULTIPLE EXOSTOSIS; HUMAN; MALE; OSTEOCHONDROMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD DISEASE; SPINE FUSION; SURGICAL APPROACH; THORACOTOMY; VERTEBRA BODY; CORPECTOMY; SPINAL CORD DECOMPRESSION; SPINE SURGERY; SPINE TUMOR; THORACIC SPINE;

ADOLESCENT; EXOSTOSES, MULTIPLE HEREDITARY; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPINAL FUSION; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; THORACOTOMY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0036214206     PISSN: 15360652     EISSN: 15392465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00024720-200204000-00009     Document Type: Article

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