PM&R
Volume 1, Issue 12 , Pages 1112-1113 , December 2009

Posttraumatic Osteolysis of the Cervical Spine Mimicking a Spondylodiskitis

  • Ali Akhaddar, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurosurgery, Mohammed V Military Teaching Hospital, Bloc V2, appt 5, Avenue Kamal Zebdi, Secteur 21, Hay Riyad, 10106, Rabat, Morocco†
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to: A.A.
    • ,
  • Mohamed Oukabli, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pathology, Mohammed V Military Teaching Hospital, Rabat, Morocco‡
    • ,
  • Miloudi Gazzaz, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurosurgery, Mohammed V Military Teaching Hospital, Rabat, Morocco§
    • ,
  • Abderrahmane Albouzidi, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pathology, Mohammed V Military Teaching Hospital, Rabat, Morocco
    • ,
  • Brahim Elmostarchid, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurosurgery, Mohammed V Military Teaching Hospital, Rabat, Morocco∥
    • ,
  • Mohammed Boucetta, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurosurgery, Mohammed V Military Teaching Hospital, Rabat, Morocco#

Received 15 September 2008 ,Accepted 2 February 2009.

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PII: S1934-1482(09)01399-9

doi: 10.1016/j.pmrj.2009.09.015

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