title: Thoracic spinal stenosis associated with renal osteodystrophy. Diagnosis based on magnetic resonance imaging and computed tomography.
abstract: We describe a case of thoracic myelopathy in a patient with renal osteodystrophy. The patient had chronic renal failure for longer than 20 years and had skeletal changes indicative of renal osteodystrophy, before the onset of myelopathy. Association between spinal stenosis and this entity has been documented only once before in the lumbar region. This is therefore the first case of thoracic myelopathy due to severe stenosis in just one vertebra in a patient with renal osteodystrophy, which was documented by computed tomography as well as magnetic resonance imaging and proven by histopathology.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Radiology, and Pathology, Hartford Hospital, Connecticut.
authors.forename: V G
authors.initials: VG
authors.lastname: Wagle
authors.forename: A J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Rossi
authors.forename: M P
authors.initials: MP
authors.lastname: Roberts
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Goldman
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Ziter
authors.forename: W E
authors.initials: WE
authors.lastname: Clark
mesh_terms: D012080:Chronic Kidney Disease-Mineral and Bone Disorder / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013130:Spinal Stenosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed