Spinal cord decompression for Gaucher's disease |
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| Authors: | J Goldblatt P Keet D Dall |
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| Institution: | M.R.C. Unit for Inherited Skeletal Disorders, Groote Schuur Hospital, South Africa. |
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| Abstract: | We report an individual with Type I nonneuronopathic Gaucher's disease who experienced the rare complication of spinal cord compression secondary to a sclerotic vertebral fracture. He successfully underwent anterolateral spinal cord decompression and spinal fusion despite the severity of his generalized skeletal disease. |
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