Osteoporotic Unstable Scoliosis In Lumbar Spine Associated With Progressive Hemi-Vertebral Compression Fractures Following Long -Term Glucocortisone Therapy

We report a complication caused by progressive hemi-vertebral compression fractures associated with steroid induced osteoporosis. Loss of spinal balance would accelerate the progressive compression fractures because of the fragility of spinal column. It is important to reconstruct the spinal alignment and to medicate the osteoporosis itself.