Ms. Arginteanu et Ni. Perin, PARASPINAL CALCINOSIS ASSOCIATED WITH PROGRESSIVE SYSTEMIC-SCLEROSIS - CASE-REPORT, Journal of neurosurgery, 87(5), 1997, pp. 761-763
The authors describe a case of paraspinal calcinosis in a 65-year-old
woman with progressive systemic sclerosis. Although calcinosis occurs
in up to 27% of cases of progressive systemic sclerosis, symptomatic p
araspinal calcinosis is extremely rare. In the case reported here, mul
tiple cervical facet joints were compromised by progressive calcinosis
, leading to glacial spinal instability. Internal fixation was indicat
ed to correct the instability and decompress the spinal canal. Medical
therapy was instituted to arrest or reverse the ongoing calcinosis.