title: Osteochondroma of the thoracic spine: a dumbbell mass associated with spinal cord compression.
abstract: Neurological complications such as spinal cord compression has rarely been reported both in the solitary type of osteochondroma or in multiple osteochondromas. We report a a 65-year-old patient with a thoracic osteochondroma involving the neural arch of T6, and the corresponding rib, who was followed-up for 5 years. Approximately 3 years after partial surgical removal, the lesion manifested as a dumbbell mass passing through the neural foramen leading to cord compression, and a hemilaminectomy was performed with subtotal tumor excision. A clinical follow-up 2 years later revealed normal findings.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Ege University Hospital, Bornova, Izmir, Turkey. rnsener@hotmail.com
authors.forename: R N
authors.initials: RN
authors.lastname: Sener
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001416:Back Pain / Q000209:etiology; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D006987:Hypesthesia / Q000209:etiology; D007796:Laminectomy; D008297:Male; D015831:Osteochondroma / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery; D012272:Ribs / Q000473:pathology; D013117:Spinal Cord Compression / Q000209:etiology*; D013125:Spinal Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery; D013904:Thoracic Vertebrae / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery