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A Case of Vertebral Metastasis With Pathologic C2 Fracture
Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics, 09/26/07
Davis, M.A., et al. - This report discusses a patient with a pathologic fracture of the C2 vertebra secondary to osteolytic metastasis from squamous cell carcinoma of the lung...Conclusion: Patients with a history of cancer complaining of new onset of back or neck pain should be assumed to have vertebral metastasis until proven otherwise. Trivial trauma should be taken seriously in these cases and investigated with appropriate clinical, laboratory, and imaging examinations. Vertebral malignancies may be a contraindication to spinal manipulation; however, the chiropractic physician plays a significant role in early detection and diagnosis
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Medical Oncology, 12/04/09
Risk factors for inflammatory pseudotumour formation following hip resurfacing
The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery (British Volume), 12/02/09
Late recurrent hemarthrosis following knee arthroplasty associated with epithelioid angiosarcoma of bone
The Knee, 12/01/09
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Review: evidence for the effectiveness of surgery for low back pain, radiculopathy, and spinal stenosis is limited
Evidence-Based Medicine, 12/07/09
The need for manual evacuation and oral laxatives in the management of neurogenic bowel dysfunction after spinal cord injury: a randomized controlled trial of a stepwise protocol
Spinal Cord, 12/07/09
Anemia and hypoalbuminemia of chronic spinal cord injury: prevalence and prognostic significance
Spinal Cord, 12/07/09
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