RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Unusual case of hereditary multiple exostoses presenting with compressive myelopathy
JF BMJ Case Reports
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd
SP bcr2016215440
DO 10.1136/bcr-2016-215440
VO 2016
A1 Singh, Kumar Amerendra
A1 Shankar, Vijay
A1 Mohanty, Simanchal P
YR 2016
UL http://casereports.bmj.com/content/2016/bcr-2016-215440.abstract
AB A 15-year-old boy presented with progressive weakness of both lower limbs. He had classical clinical features suggestive of multiple hereditary exostoses (MHE). Imaging studies of the spine revealed osteochondromas at D7, D11 and L5 vertebrae. The tumour at D11 was encroaching into the spinal canal and causing cord compression. The patient underwent osteochondroma excision and posterior spinal stabilisation, following which there was complete neurological recovery by 3 months.