Spondylolisthésis cervical au cours d’une fluorose osseuse

International Orthopaedics - Tập 22 - Trang 407-409 - 1998
M. H. Sy1, O. C. A. Marouf1, P. Sène2, S. Diouf1, S. I. L. Séye1
1Service d’Orthopédie-Traumatologie CHU Le Dantec, Dakar, Sénégal,
2Service de Radiologie, Hôpital Général de Grand Yoff, Dakar, Sénégal,

Tóm tắt

The authors report an uncommon complication in cervical skeletal fluorosis. It is a cervical spondylolisthesis at C5–C6 level complicated by a radiculomyelopathy described in a man living in an endemic area for fluorosis. After 3 years, a spontaneous stabilization of the cervical spine with a posterior calcification of the supraspinal and interspinal ligaments has caused an improvement of the neurological symptomatology.