title: Oxalosis: cause of degenerative spinal stenosis. A case report and review of the literature.
abstract: The case presented illustrates an unusual entity. The differential diagnosis of degenerative spinal stenosis is voluminous, although incomplete without including oxalosis. Oxalosis as a cause of spinal stenosis has not yet been reported in the orthopedic literature.
authors.affiliation: Westchester County Medical Center, New York Medical College, Valhalla.
authors.forename: R Q
authors.initials: RQ
authors.lastname: Knight
authors.forename: R F
authors.initials: RF
authors.lastname: Taddonio
authors.forename: F B
authors.initials: FB
authors.lastname: Smith
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Weseley
authors.forename: H M
authors.initials: HM
authors.lastname: Pecker
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002129:Calcium Oxalate / Q000378:metabolism*; D006038:Glyoxylates / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008661:Metabolism, Inborn Errors / Q000378:metabolism*; D013130:Spinal Stenosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000601:surgery; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
chemical_list: D006038:Glyoxylates; D002129:Calcium Oxalate