European spine journal : official publication of the European Spine Society, the European Spinal Deformity Society, and the European Section of the Cervical Spine Research Society
Multilevel posterior neural arch fractures of the lumbar spine: a rare complication due to prior malignant infantile osteopetrosis.
Elio Paris, Dimitri Fasel, Victor Aye, Maxime Pilloux, Giacomo De Marco, Oscar Vazquez, Christina Steiger, Sana Boudabbous, Romain Dayer, Dimitri Ceroni
Published: 202510.1007/s00586-025-09633-y
Abstract
INTRODUCTION: Osteopetrosis is a heterogeneous group of inheritable bone disorderswhich manifest themselves as increased bone density and brittleness that leads to pathologicalfractures and bone deformities. Despite the propensity of patients to pres…
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