Spastic quadriparesis due to pathological fracture of odontoid secondary to carcinoma prostate: A rare presentation

Spastic quadriparesis due to pathological fracture of odontoid secondary to carcinoma prostate: A rare presentation

Prostate carcinoma presenting as symptomatic metastases to atlantoaxial spine is extremely rare. Spastic quadriparesis due to pathological fracture of odontoid as the only initial manifestation without symptoms of primary malignancy is rarer still. We report a 64-year-old male who presented with pro...

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Main Authors: Maneet Gill, M N Swamy, Vikas Maheshwari, T S Lingaraju, Aishik Mukherjee
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2017-01-01
Series:Journal of Craniovertebral Junction and Spine
Subjects:
Atlantoaxial metastasis
carcinoma prostate
pathological fracture odontoid
quadriparesis
Online Access:http://www.jcvjs.com/article.asp?issn=0974-8237;year=2017;volume=8;issue=2;spage=153;epage=155;aulast=Gill

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