Spinal cord compression in renal osteodystrophy.

Macfarlane, J D; Minhas, A; Han, K S; Boekhout, M · Eur Spine J · 1995

case_report · Level V

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Abstract

A patient undergoing regular haemodialysis for chronic renal insufficiency developed neck pain followed by progressive spinal cord compression due to subluxation at the level C3-4. Decompression, laminectomy and osteosynthesis led to an almost complete recovery. A review of all the histological specimens suggested that hyperparathyroidism and not amyloidosis caused the vertebral destruction.

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