Ascending Myelitis in Operated Burst Fracture L1 with Paraplegia Asia
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L1 burst fracture with associated vertebral angioma.
Vertebral angioma is a common bone tumor. We report a case of L1 vertebral angioma revealed by type A3.2 traumatic pathological fracture of the same vertebra. Management comprised emergency percutaneous osteosynthesis and, after stabilization of the multiple trauma, arterial embolization and percutaneous kyphoplasty.
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Case Reports
سال: 2016
ISSN: 2231-6809
DOI: 10.17659/01.2016.0112