Cervical cord compression in scleroderma. One case.
The cervical spine is rarely involved in scleroderma. The lesions reported here consisted of osteolysis of the posterior arches disturbing vertebral statics, and exuberant calcifications responsible for spinal cord compression by stenosis of the vertebral canal.
Bracard
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Service de Neuroradiologie, CHU Saint-Julien, Nancy, France.
Thomas
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E
Braun
M
M
Renard
M
M
Picard
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L
D002114:Calcinosis / Q000150:complications; D002574:Cervical Vertebrae; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D010014:Osteolysis / Q000150:complications; D012595:Scleroderma, Systemic / Q000150:complications*; D013117:Spinal Cord Compression / Q000209:etiology*; D013122:Spinal Diseases / Q000150:complications; D013130:Spinal Stenosis / Q000150:complications*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed