Title |
Continuous Multiple Vertebral Compression Fractures in Multiple Myeloma Patient
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Published in |
Neurospine, March 2012
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DOI | 10.14245/kjs.2012.9.1.37 |
Pubmed ID | |
Authors |
Sang Moon Hong, Tae Wan Kim, Kwan Ho Park |
Abstract |
Multiple myeloma is a B-cell origin tumor characterized by hypercalcemia, osteolytic bony lesions, and pathologic fractures. Back pain is one of the most common presenting symptoms of multiple myeloma and about 60% of patients have vertebral involvement at the time of diagnosis7). Minimally invasive surgeries such as vertebroplasty and kyphoplasty are effective to relieve pain and improve the quality of life when a compression fracture occurs in multiple myeloma patients. We report a case of continuous multiple compression fractures associated with multiple myeloma. We should check for the possibility of pathologic vertebral fractures resulting from multiple myeloma in non-osteoporotic compression fracture patients, and especially in cases of continuous fracture occurring in relatively non-elderly patients, even though a history of trauma may be present. |
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