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Traumatic cervical spine injuries in a patient with pycnodysostosis

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Pycnodysostosis is a rare hereditary disease, characterized by systemic bone sclerosis. Susceptibility to long bone fractures is characteristic, whereas vertebral fractures are extremely rare. We report a case of a 21-year-old man with a past history of pycnodysostosis and spontaneous leg fractures who was admitted in hospital for a neck pain after a banal fall. Radiological examination revealed C1–C2–C3 posterior arch fractures with a C3–C4 left articular fracture dislocation. A surgical stabilization was decided but refused by the patient. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first publication that reports pycnodysostosis with cervical spine traumatic staged injuries.

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  1. Orthopedics and Traumatology Departement, La Rabta Hospital, 15 rue Djebel Lakhdhar 1007, Tunis, Tunisia

    Khaled Zitouna, Mehdi Miladi, Maher Barsaoui, Ghassen Drissi & Mohamed Lassaad Kanoun

  2. Faculté de médecine de Tunis, Tunis Medical School, Tunis, Tunisia

    Khaled Zitouna, Myriam Jrad, Mehdi Miladi, Maher Barsaoui, Ghassen Drissi & Mohamed Lassaad Kanoun

  3. Radiology Departement, La Rabta Hospital, Tunis, Tunisia

    Myriam Jrad

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Zitouna, K., Jrad, M., Miladi, M. et al. Traumatic cervical spine injuries in a patient with pycnodysostosis. Eur J Orthop Surg Traumatol 28, 1231–1233 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00590-018-2165-3

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