Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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3071380 | Neurocirugía | 2014 | 4 Pages |
Abstract
The authors present the case of a 76-year-old man previously diagnosed with diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis who presented with severe progressive myelopathy. A magnetic resonance imaging of his cervical spine revealed a retro-odontoid predural mass, which caused a severe compression of the cervical spinal cord. The patient underwent a posterior laminectomy of the atlas and an occipitocervical fusion. After surgery, the pseudotumor was considerably smaller and the neurological symptoms improved.
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Authors
Julián Castro-Castro, Daniel Castro-Bouzas, Alfonso Pinzón-Millán, Ana Pastor-Zapata,