Myelopathy and Quadriparesis due to Spinal Cord Compression of C1 Laminar Osteochondroma
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Myelopathy and Quadriparesis due to Spinal Cord Compression of C1 Laminar Osteochondroma
The aim of this paper is to show that osteochondromas of the cervical vertebrae can cause myelopathy and neck pain.The reported etiology, diagnosis, treatment and differential diagnosis were reviewed. Osteochondromas may present as a solitary lesion with no genetic component or as multiple lesions as a part of a genetic disorder known as hereditary multiple exostosis. Osteochondromas of the spi...
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عنوان ژورنال: Asian Spine Journal
سال: 2012
ISSN: 1976-1902,1976-7846
DOI: 10.4184/asj.2012.6.1.66