Courtois I, Lauwers A, Prades B, Alexandre C
Department of Rheumatology, Saint-Etienne Teaching Hospital, France.
Rev Rhum Engl Ed. 1998 Mar;65(3):207-11.
A 78-year-old woman developed an osteoporotic fracture of L2 followed two months later by spinal cord compression. Imaging study findings suggested a malignancy but a biopsy showed osteonecrosis, of which there was no evidence on the imaging studies. Osteonecrosis may be the cause of neurologic compromise associated with osteoporotic vertebral fractures.
