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Extradural spinal cord compression by rheumatoid nodule
M Tsegaye1, S Bassi, R D Ashpole
1Department of Neurosurgery, University Hospital Nottingham, Queen's Medical Centre, UK.
British Journal of Neurosurgery
|October 21, 2003
Abstract:
Rheumatoid disease is a systemic disorder affecting multiple organs. It is known to affect the nervous system in a variety of ways, but its presentation with spinal cord compression by a rheumatoid nodule is rare. We report two cases presenting with cord compression by a rheumatoid nodule who underwent surgical decompression with good recovery.
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