A rare case of osteoporotic spine fracture associated with epidural lipomatosis causing paraplegia following long-term cortisone therapy

Archives of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery

Volumn 120, Issue 7-8, 2000, Pages 484-486

  Andress, Hans Joachim ^a   Schürmann, Mathias ^a   Heuck, Andreas ^a   Schmand, Jochen ^a   Lob, Günter ^a  

^a LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTISONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CUSHING SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMAN; KYPHOSIS; LAMINECTOMY; LIPOMATOSIS; MYELOGRAPHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSTEOPOROSIS; PARAPLEGIA; PATHOLOGIC FRACTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINE FRACTURE; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; ULCERATIVE COLITIS;

EID: 0343517097     PISSN: 09368051     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004029900086     Document Type: Article

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