title: Spinal cord compression caused by dual pathology: a close shave with Ockham's razor.
abstract: A case of spinal cord compression in an oncology patient is presented. The compression was caused by minimal expansion of a vertebral body involved by a metastatic deposit impinging on a previously asymptomatic lipomatous spinal cord tumour. Nuclear magnetic resonance imaging clearly demonstrated both the vertebral metastasis and the intramedullary and extramedullary components of the lipomatous tumour in a single noninvasive investigation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Royal Marsden Hospital, Sutton, Surrey.
authors.forename: J F
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Wright
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Powell
authors.forename: M P
authors.initials: MP
authors.lastname: Williams
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D006801:Humans; D008067:Lipoma / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D013116:Spinal Cord / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D013117:Spinal Cord Compression / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D013120:Spinal Cord Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D013125:Spinal Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000556:secondary; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed