J Korean Pain Soc.
2002 Dec;15(2):163-167.
A Case of Delayed Post-traumatic Vertebral Collapse (Kummell's Disease) Treated by Vertebroplasty: A case report
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- 1Department of Anesthesiology, St. Benedict Hospital, Korea. soaf29@hanmail.net
- 2Dongrae Pain Clinic, Busan, Korea.
Abstract
- In 1891, Kummell reported post-traumatic osteitis in which a painful kyphosis developed in several patients after a symptom-free period of months to years following a minor trauma. We report a case of a delayed post-traumatic vertebral collapse (Kummell's disease) that was treated with vertebroplasty by the bilateral transpedicular approach using C-arm fluoroscopy in a 74-year-old patient. Because the recognition of a vacuum cleft in a collapsed vertebral body helps avoid confusion with a malignancy or infection, it is important to search for this cleft in radiological examinations. This may prevent unnecessary imaging or biopsy in patients with a suggestive vertebral compression deformity.
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