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Spinal cord compression in renal osteodystrophy

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A patient undergoing regular haemodialysis for chronic renal insufficiency developed neck pain followed by progressive spinal cord compression due to subluxation at the level C3-4. Decompression, laminectomy and osteosynthesis led to an almost complete recovery. A review of all the histological specimens suggested that hyperparathyroidism and not amyloidosis caused the vertebral destruction.

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    J. D. Macfarlane & K. S. Han

  2. Department of Internal Medicine, St. Elisabeth Hospital, Leiderdorp, The Netherlands

    A. Minhas & M. Boekhout

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Macfarlane, J.D., Minhas, A., Han, K.S. et al. Spinal cord compression in renal osteodystrophy. Eur Spine J 4, 362–365 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00300299

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