Spinal artery steal syndrome in Paget's disease of bone.
We report a case of vertebral Paget's disease with paraplegia and no evidence of spinal cord compression, in which the neurological condition improved dramatically after treatment with calcitonin. Spinal cord vascular steal syndrome is suggested as another mechanism responsible for this neurologic complication.
Department of Medicine, Instituto Nacional de Rehabilitación, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
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Porrini
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Maldonado Cocco
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García Morteo
D001158:Arteries; D002116:Calcitonin / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010001:Osteitis Deformans / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000188:drug therapy; D010264:Paraplegia / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology; D013116:Spinal Cord / Q000098:blood supply*; D013577:Syndrome; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
D002116:Calcitonin