KUMMELL DISEASE: AVASCULAR NECROSIS OF VERTEBRAL BODY: A CASE REPORT

Prof (Dr) Bijit Kumar Duara and *Dr. Bikash Das

ABSTRACT

Kummell disease is a condition of avascular necrosis which is due to failure of the fracture healing process after minor traumatic injury. This rare disease is increasing due to increase in aging population and associated rise in osteoporosis. Vertebroplasty, surgical compression and fusion often requires as treatment. We present a typical case of Kummell disease with its salient features and associated imaging findings on CT and MRI.

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