Ossification in extradural fat in Paget's disease of the spine.
A case of cauda equina compression by ossification in extradural fat at a level above the site of Paget's disease in a vertebra is described. Good recovery followed laminectomy and exposure of the dura mater.
D000273:Adipose Tissue / Q000473:pathology; D002420:Cauda Equina; D006801:Humans; D007796:Laminectomy; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009999:Ossification, Heterotopic / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D010001:Osteitis Deformans / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D011859:Radiography; D013117:Spinal Cord Compression / Q000150:complications; D013131:Spine / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging