20Rheumatoid Arthritis with Instability Presentation A 62-year-old woman with a history of rheumatoid arthritis developed progressive hoarseness and difficulty with swallowing. On examination she had lower cranial nerve palsies and…
21Percutaneous Cervical Decompression Presentation A 40-year-old woman presented with neck pain radiating down her left upper extremity. She had mild left biceps weakness with hyperreflexia. Radiologic Findings Axial computed tomography…
60Thoracic Screw Misplacement Presentation A 53-year-old man with known metastatic lung cancer to the spine complained of pleuritic chest pain following a transpedicular approach for a T7 corpectomy and T5-T9…
64Benign Thoracic Tumor Presentation A 55-year-old woman had a year and a half of history of midthoracic pain with a sensory deficit and bowel and bladder dysfunction. Her symptoms worsened…
59Thoracolumbar Instrumentation Failure Presentation A 70-year-old woman presented with metastatic breast cancer and cord compression. She had previously undergone decompression and fusion for acute cord compression. Postoperatively, she regained some…
1Odontoid Fracture Type I Presentation A 19-year-old woman was in a motor vehicle accident. She was neurologically intact, but had some neck pain. Radiologic Findings A sagittal reconstructed cervical computed…
51Lumbar Scoliosis Presentation A 58-year-old man complained of progressive mechanical low back pain, radiating down his right lower extremity. He has antalgic weakness of the proximal lower extremities and decreased…
3Nonunion of a Type II Odontoid Fracture Presentation An 84-year-old man fell and sustained a type II odontoid fracture. He then had a Gallie fusion. A halo vest was placed…
47Multilevel Posterior Lumbar Interbody Fusion Presentation A 44-year-old woman presented with chronic mechanical low back pain and antalgic weakness of the hip flexors. She has an obese habitus and is…
7Spinal Trauma Presentation A 17-year-old boy was in a motor vehicle accident and became paraplegic. He had a cervical fusion for stabilization and then extensive rehabilitation. During his rehabilitation course,…
