title: Thoracic spine osteochondroma causing spinal cord compression. An unusual cause of paraparesis.
abstract: A case of a thoracic osteochondroma with compression of the spinal cord is reported. The neuroimaging studies are described.
authors.affiliation: Section of Neurosurgery, University of Puerto Rico, San Juan 00936.
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: de Jesús
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Rifkinson
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Acebal
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D015831:Osteochondroma / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D010264:Paraplegia / Q000209:etiology*; D011859:Radiography; D013117:Spinal Cord Compression / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D013125:Spinal Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D013904:Thoracic Vertebrae / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D013997:Time Factors