A case of mid-thoracic osteoporotic vertebral fracture with the inability to belch syndrome

BACKGROUND: Osteoporotic vertebral fractures (OVF) commonly occur at the thoracolumbar junction, but are less frequently encountered in the mid-thoracic region. Here, a 69-year-old female presented with back pain and the new onset of symptoms characterized by the inability to belch. CASE DESCRIPTION...

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Autores principales: Makizono, Takehiro, Uchikado, Hisaaki, Ando, Takayasu, Kikuchi, Jin, Hattori, Gohsuke, Morioka, Motohiro
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Scientific Scholar 2022
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9610491/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36324981
http://dx.doi.org/10.25259/SNI_839_2022
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Sumario:BACKGROUND: Osteoporotic vertebral fractures (OVF) commonly occur at the thoracolumbar junction, but are less frequently encountered in the mid-thoracic region. Here, a 69-year-old female presented with back pain and the new onset of symptoms characterized by the inability to belch. CASE DESCRIPTION: A 69-year-old female presented with back pain. 2 months later, she developed anorexia and difficulty belching. The thoracic magnetic resonance (MR) demonstrated a T7 OVF. As she ultimately underwent a balloon kyphoplasty (BKP), as conservative treatment was unsuccessful. CONCLUSION: OVF should be suspected in elderly females with the inability to belch accompanied by chest and back pain. The diagnosis is best established with a spinal MR imaging and should be followed by BKP.

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