Cervical cord compression in scleroderma. One case

S Bracard; E Thomas; M Braun; M Renard; L Picard

Cervical cord compression in scleroderma. One case

J Neuroradiol. 1991;18(1):12-7.

[Article in English, French]

Authors

S Bracard¹, E Thomas, M Braun, M Renard, L Picard

Affiliation

¹ Service de Neuroradiologie, CHU Saint-Julien, Nancy, France.

PMID: 1880558

Abstract

The cervical spine is rarely involved in scleroderma. The lesions reported here consisted of osteolysis of the posterior arches disturbing vertebral statics, and exuberant calcifications responsible for spinal cord compression by stenosis of the vertebral canal.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Calcinosis / complications
Cervical Vertebrae*
Female
Humans
Middle Aged
Osteolysis / complications
Scleroderma, Systemic / complications*
Spinal Cord Compression / etiology*
Spinal Diseases / complications
Spinal Stenosis / complications*
Tomography, X-Ray Computed