A neurologic compromise associated with vertebral fractures is generally due to a malignancy causes. Therefore, an osteoporotic vertebral fracture can sometimes cause neurologic complications.
Report a case of neurologic compromise associated with osteoporotic vertebral fractures.
A-62-year-old man suffered from rheumatoid arthritis since 1985, presented a cervical pain associated with quadriparesia secondary to a C5 osteoporotic vertebral fractures.
Osteonecrosis may be the cause of neurologic compromise associated with osteoporotic vertebral fractures.