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Systemic sclerosis-associated compressive cervical calcinosis: intersection of degenerative spine instability, lesional spinal cord compression, and traumatic spinal cord injury. Illustrative case

BACKGROUND: Tumoral calcinosis, mass-like calcium deposition into the soft tissues, is an uncommon manifestation of the systemic sclerosis subtype of scleroderma. When this process affects the spinal epidural space, it can cause canal narrowing and place the spinal cord at significant risk of injury...

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Autores principales: Pham, Thu Lan, Miao, Jingya, Singh, Harminder, Lee, Marco B., Cage, Tene A.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: American Association of Neurological Surgeons 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9552677/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36461834
http://dx.doi.org/10.3171/CASE22302