Spondylolysis in osteopetrosis.
We report the occurrence of spondylolysis and/or spondylolisthesis of the lumbar vertebrae in five patients with osteopetrosis, four of them having multiple lesions. The case histories indicate that spondylolysis had developed in the pathological bone as a result of increased stress and that it is an acquired lesion.
Szappanos
L
L
University Medical School of Debrecen, Hungary.
Szepesi
K
K
Thomázy
V
V
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008159:Lumbar Vertebrae / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008297:Male; D010022:Osteopetrosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D011859:Radiography; D013168:Spondylolisthesis / Q000209:etiology*; D013169:Spondylolysis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*