| Literature DB >> 7946028 |
R S Cooke1, W J Cumming, R A Cowie.
Abstract
Osteochondroma of the spine is a rare condition; we report a patient who presented with a spastic tetraparesis due to such a lesion of the second cervical vertebra. Surgical removal resulted in improvement of the original symptoms, but a transient hemiparesis developed postoperatively. Postoperative magnetic resonance imaging was performed and demonstrated a region of myelomalacia at the level of surgery. Survey of the literature confirms the rarity of this lesion and the use of radiology in diagnosis is discussed.Entities:
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Year: 1994 PMID: 7946028 DOI: 10.3109/02688699409029627
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Br J Neurosurg ISSN: 0268-8697 Impact factor: 1.596