Spinal cord compression by amyloid deposits.
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.
Villarejo
F
F
Division of Neurosurgery, Clínica La Luz, Madrid, Spain.
Pérez Diaz
C
C
Perla
C
C
Sanz
J
J
Escalona
J
J
Goyenechea
F
F
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