title: Spinal cord compression by amyloid tissue.
abstract: Spinal cord compression by a mass of amyloid tissue arising from the thoracic vertebrae is described in a 72-year-old female. Investigations failed to provide a primary cause for this amyloid tissue.
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000686:Amyloidosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008854:Microscopy, Electron; D009192:Myelography; D010264:Paraplegia / Q000209:etiology; D013117:Spinal Cord Compression / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D013904:Thoracic Vertebrae / Q000473:pathology