title: [Spinal cord compression due to benign osteoporotic vertebral fracture].
abstract: BACKGROUND
  A neurologic compromise associated with vertebral fractures is generally due to a malignancy causes. Therefore, an osteoporotic vertebral fracture can sometimes cause neurologic complications.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  Report a case of neurologic compromise associated with osteoporotic vertebral fractures.
  
  
  METHODS
  A-62-year-old man suffered from rheumatoid arthritis since 1985, presented a cervical pain associated with quadriparesia secondary to a C5 osteoporotic vertebral fractures.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Osteonecrosis may be the cause of neurologic compromise associated with osteoporotic vertebral fractures.
authors.affiliation: Service de médecine interne, Hôpital Habib Thameur, Tunis, Tunisie.
authors.forename: Samir
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kochbati
authors.forename: Lilia
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Daoud
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Zouaoui
authors.forename: Sonia
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ktari
authors.forename: Fatma
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Boussema
authors.forename: Mohamed H
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Daghfous
authors.forename: Lilia
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Rokbani
mesh_terms: D001172:Arthritis, Rheumatoid / Q000150:complications / Q000188:drug therapy; D002574:Cervical Vertebrae; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010020:Osteonecrosis / Q000150:complications / Q000209:etiology; D010024:Osteoporosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000209:etiology; D011782:Quadriplegia / Q000209:etiology; D013117:Spinal Cord Compression / Q000150:complications / Q000209:etiology*; D016103:Spinal Fractures / Q000150:complications* / Q000209:etiology