[Pseudo-eventration: unusual complication of vertebral osteoporotic compression]

A new case of neurological complication of an osteoporotic vertebral fracture is reported. Authors emphasize electromyography which explained the clinical presentation of pseudo-evisceration by showing an injury of the 12th spinal nerve. To their knowledge, this kind of complication was never reported before, but they think that the development of electromyographic practice would allow to find many others cases. Authors emphasize MRI which gives strong argument for osteoporotic nature of a vertebral fracture and could avoid having recourse to vertebral biopsy.