Cervical Paget disease of bone with spinal cord compression due to atlanto-axial instability: A case report and review of the literature

Spine

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2008, Pages

  Tessitore, Enrico ^a   Luzi, Michele ^a   Lobrinus, Johannes A ^a   Samaras, Nicolaos ^a   Trombetti, Andrea ^a  

^a GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Atlantoaxial instability; Occipito cervical fixation; Odontoid fracture; Paget disease

Indexed keywords

BISPHOSPHONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; GADOLINIUM; RISEDRONIC ACID; TECHNETIUM 99M;

AGED; ARTICLE; ATLANTOAXIAL DISLOCATION; CALCANEUS; CASE REPORT; CERVICAL SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION; GIANT CELL TUMOR; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LYMPHOMA; METASTASIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSTEOLYSIS; OSTEOSARCOMA; PAGET BONE DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPINAL CORD DECOMPRESSION; SPINE FUSION;

AGED; ATLANTO-AXIAL JOINT; FEMALE; HUMANS; JOINT INSTABILITY; OSTEITIS DEFORMANS; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPINAL FUSION;

EID: 40049112103     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e3181624bad     Document Type: Article

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