Percutaneous Anterolateral Vertebroplasty for a Myelomatous Pathologic Fracture of the Subaxial Cervical Spine: A Case Report. |
Sang Kyun Kim, Joo Young Chung, Chul Bum Cho, Hyun Chul Choi |
1Department of Neurosurgery, Sacred Heart Hospital, Hallym University, Colcolle of Medicine, Anyang, Korea. chcmc@hanmail.net 2Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Bundang Jesaeng General Hospital, Seongnam, Korea. |
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Abstract |
The authors describe a patient with multiple myeloma who was treated for an acute cervical vertebra body fracture by percutaneous vertebroplasty.
A 48-year-old female patient presented a severe neck pain without neurologic deficit. A myelomatous pathologic fracture of C4 was diagnosed, and percutaneous vertebroplasty was performed successfully through a left anterolateral approach. Her posterior neck pain was immediately relieved with vertebroplasty and no instability was observed over 18 months of follow-up. |
Keywords:
Multiple myeloma;Vertebroplasty;Compression fracture;Pathologic fracture;Metastasis |
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