title: Cervical cord compression in scleroderma. One case.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Service de Neuroradiologie, CHU Saint-Julien, Nancy, France.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bracard
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Thomas
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Braun
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Renard
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Picard
mesh_terms: 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