title: Acute spinal cord compression in hereditary multiple exostoses: case report.
abstract: A case of hereditary multiple exostoses with spinal cord compression by a costal exostosis is reported in a 12-year-old boy. Paraplegia is an unusual complication of hereditary multiple exostoses. In the patient with spinal cord signs, the offending exostoses should be defined with appropriate roentgenograms and myelographic and CT scanning investigations.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, University Hospital of Ankara, Turkey.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Tuncer
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Erden
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Aydin
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Oge
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D005097:Exostoses, Multiple Hereditary / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013117:Spinal Cord Compression / Q000209:etiology*