Spinal cord decompression for Gaucher's disease.
We report an individual with Type I nonneuronopathic Gaucher's disease who experienced the rare complication of spinal cord compression secondary to a sclerotic vertebral fracture. He successfully underwent anterolateral spinal cord decompression and spinal fusion despite the severity of his generalized skeletal disease.
Goldblatt
J
J
M.R.C. Unit for Inherited Skeletal Disorders, Groote Schuur Hospital, South Africa.
Keet
P
P
Dall
D
D
D005776:Gaucher Disease / Q000150:complications* / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009192:Myelography; D013117:Spinal Cord Compression / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*