Myelopathy due to hereditary multiple exostoses: CT and MR studies.
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.
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Department of Neurosurgery, Tepecik Social Security Hospital, Alsancak, Izmir, Turkey.
Kuyucu
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Korkmaz
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Iplikcioğlu
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D000293:Adolescent; D005097:Exostoses, Multiple Hereditary / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed