Title: Lumbar canal spinal stenosis due to axial skeletal calcinosis and heterotopic ossification in limited cutaneous systemic sclerosis: successful spinal decompression.
Authors: Weerakoon, Anita; Sharp, David; Chapman, John; Clunie, Gavin
Abstract: The article discusses a case of a patient with limited cutaneous systemic sclerosis (IcSSc) with lumbar canal spinal stenosis caused by calcinosis and heterotopic ossification that had successful decompressive spinal surgery. In the case of the 60-year-old female suffering from IcSSc for 12 years, she complains of low back pain that goes down her left leg for the past six months. The case shows both calcinosis and heterotopic ossification.
Subjects: SPINAL stenosis; CALCIFICATION; CALCIUM metabolism disorders; LUMBAR vertebrae; MAGNETIC resonance imaging; PAIN; SYSTEMIC scleroderma; SURGICAL decompression; DISEASE risk factors
Publication: Rheumatology, 2011, Vol 50, Issue 11, p2144
ISSN: 1462-0324
Publication type: Academic Journal
DOI: 10.1093/rheumatology/ker293

Lumbar canal spinal stenosis due to axial skeletal calcinosis and heterotopic ossification in limited cutaneous systemic sclerosis: successful spinal decompression.

Weerakoon, Anita; Sharp, David; Chapman, John; Clunie, Gavin