Spinal cord compression caused by dual pathology: a close shave with Ockham's razor.
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.
Wright
J F
JF
Department of Radiology, Royal Marsden Hospital, Sutton, Surrey.
Powell
S
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Williams
M P
MP
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