General University Hospital of Alicante Retro-odontoid pseudotumors

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

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

Chief complaint

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

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  

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.