====== General University Hospital of Alicante Retro-odontoid pseudotumors ======

===== Medical History =====

**Reason for hospitalization**

[[Retro-odontoid pseudotumor]].

**Past medical history**

[[PENICILLIN ALLERGY]]

[[Arterial hypertension]]

[[Dyslipidemia]]

[[Alcohol]] consume daily (1 liter of wine)

[[Cellulitis]] in the left leg

Chronic venous insufficiency

Prótesis bilateral de cadera 
- STC bilateral 
- Rotura bíceps porción larga (izquierdo) y tendón de aquiles

===== Current medications =====

[[PERINDOPRIL]] KRKA 8MG 1 COMPRIMIDO por la mañana 

ATORVASTATINA CINFA 20MG  1 COMPRIMIDO cada día 
CIDINE 1MG 1 COMPRIMIDO cada 8 horas 
ZALDIAR 37,5/325MG 1 COMPRIMIDO cada 6 horas 
LEVOFLOXACINO 500 MG /  1 COMPRIMIDO cada día 
OMEPRAZOL 40 MG /  1 CAPSULA cada día


===== Allergies =====


**Chief complaint**

77 year old man loss of [[sensation]] in the [[hand]]s and left leg of 6 weeks of evolution with [[posterior cord syndrome]].

===== Laboratory tests =====

[[GLUCOSE]]  * 80 mg/dL             82 - 115  
      
[[UREA]]  * 79 mg/dL             17 - 49  

[[Alanine transaminase]]                       * 43 U/L               0 - 41  

[[Complete blood count]]

      LEUCOCITOS                                    * 15,80 x10³/µL        4,50 - 11,00  
      NEUTROFILOS (%)                               * 85,2 %               37,00 - 72,00  
      NEUTROFILOS                                   * 13,45 x10³/µL        1,50 - 7,00  
      LINFOCITOS                                    * 0,29 x10³/µL         1,00 - 3,70  
      MONOCITOS                                     * 2,03 x10³/µL         0,00 - 1,00  
      VOLUMEN CORPUSCULAR MEDIO                     * 98,7 fL              80,00 - 96,00  
      HEMOGLOBINA CORPUSCULAR MEDIA                 * 32,6 pg              27,00 - 31,00  
 

      
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[[Spondyloarthropathy]], with severe [[cervical stenosis]] at the level of [[C2]], mainly secondary to [[Retro-odontoid pseudotumor]]. Marked stenosis is also observed in C5-C6 due to [[cervical disc herniation]] and [[hypertrophy]] of the [[ligamentum flavum]].