Pathologic fracture of the thoracic spine in a male master ultra-marathoner due to the combination of a vertebral hemangioma and osteopenia

Vertebral hemangiomas are the most common benign vertebral neoplasms and are generally asymptomatic. In the present study, we report the case of a 52-year-old male master ultra-marathoner suffering from a pathologic fracture of the thoracic spine due to a vertebral hemangioma. A further examination...

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Main Authors: Beat Knechtle, Pantelis T. Nikolaidis, Bruno Lutz, Thomas Rosemann, Christian B. Baerlocher
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2017-01-01
Series:Medicina
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1010660X17300186