Spinal Cord Compression Revealing Fluorosis
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Spinal cord compression revealing fluorosis.
Bone fluorosis due to high water fluoride contents is endemic in North Africa. Neurological complications as spinal cord compression at dorsal level are rare and unusual. Its outcome depends on early diagnosis and surgical treatment. The authors report a new case of spinal cord compression due to ossification of the yellow vertebral ligament in a patient with previously unknown bone fluorosis.
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Surgery
سال: 2014
ISSN: 2330-0914
DOI: 10.11648/j.js.20140201.12