title: Spinal cord compression by amyloid deposits.
abstract: METHODS
  Dorsal spinal cord compression caused by amyloid tissue deposits in the posterior vertebral arch and epidural space of the T6-T7 region in a 29-year-old woman is reported.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Studies did not show any primary cause of amyloidosis.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This case can be classified as primary localized tissue because other causes and amyloid deposits were not discovered. This patient was the youngest person reported to have dorsal spinal cord compression caused by amyloid tissue deposits, and the spinal cord compression was localized in the thoracic region, which occurred in six of the seven cases reported.
authors.affiliation: Division of Neurosurgery, Clínica La Luz, Madrid, Spain.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Villarejo
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Pérez Diaz
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Perla
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Sanz
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Escalona
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Goyenechea
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000686:Amyloidosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007796:Laminectomy; D010264:Paraplegia / Q000209:etiology; D013117:Spinal Cord Compression / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology*; D013122:Spinal Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology; D013904:Thoracic Vertebrae / Q000601:surgery