Case report: inflammatory pseudotumour of the spine, with literature review.
A case of inflammatory pseudotumour of the thoracic spine is reported. There appears to be only one previous report of a spinal case. The patient, a 58-year-old woman, presented with symptoms and signs of spinal cord compression indistinguishable from those due to extradural tumour. The radiological, operative and pathological findings are presented together with a literature review.
Roberts
G A
GA
Department of Neurosurgery, Walton Centre for Neurology and Neurosurgery, Liverpool, UK.
Eldridge
P R
PR
Mackenzie
J M
JM
D019299:Decompression, Surgical; D003952:Diagnostic Imaging; D005260:Female; D006104:Granuloma, Plasma Cell / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D013117:Spinal Cord Compression / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D013122:Spinal Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D013904:Thoracic Vertebrae / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery