Continuous Multiple Vertebral Compression Fractures in Multiple Myeloma Patient.
- Author:
Sang Moon HONG
1
;
Tae Wan KIM
;
Kwan Ho PARK
Author Information
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords: Multiple myeloma; Compression fracture; Vertebroplasty
- MeSH: B-Lymphocytes; Back Pain; Fractures, Compression; Fractures, Spontaneous; Humans; Hypercalcemia; Kyphoplasty; Multiple Myeloma; Quality of Life; Vertebroplasty
- From:Korean Journal of Spine 2012;9(1):37-40
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
- Abstract: Multiple myeloma is a B-cell origin tumor characterized by hypercalcemia, osteolytic bony lesions, and pathologic fractures. Back pain is one of the most common presenting symptoms of multiple myeloma and about 60% of patients have vertebral involvement at the time of diagnosis7). Minimally invasive surgeries such as vertebroplasty and kyphoplasty are effective to relieve pain and improve the quality of life when a compression fracture occurs in multiple myeloma patients. We report a case of continuous multiple compression fractures associated with multiple myeloma. We should check for the possibility of pathologic vertebral fractures resulting from multiple myeloma in non-osteoporotic compression fracture patients, and especially in cases of continuous fracture occurring in relatively non-elderly patients, even though a history of trauma may be present.
