title: Case report: inflammatory pseudotumour of the spine, with literature review.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Walton Centre for Neurology and Neurosurgery, Liverpool, UK.
authors.forename: G A
authors.initials: GA
authors.lastname: Roberts
authors.forename: P R
authors.initials: PR
authors.lastname: Eldridge
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Mackenzie
mesh_terms: 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