title: Myelopathy due to hereditary multiple exostoses: CT and MR studies.
abstract: Substantiated myelopathy in hereditary multiple exostoses is very rare. A few cases have been reported previously. We report a case of a 17-year-old boy with two exostoses in the cervical spine, in one of which caused a high cervical cord compression.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Tepecik Social Security Hospital, Alsancak, Izmir, Turkey.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Atabay
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kuyucu
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Korkmaz
authors.forename: A C
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Iplikcioğlu
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D005097:Exostoses, Multiple Hereditary / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed