[A case of paraffinoma after plombage with spinal paralysis].
A 55-year-old woman was presented with large left-sided chest wall mass and spinal paralysis. She had undergone pleural plombage using paraffin for pulmonary tuberculosis at age 40 years. Thoracotomy was performed and all paraffin was removed. Paraffin provoked granulomatous change (paraffinoma) and invaded to vertebral canal. She remains well at 16 months postoperatively without spinal paralysis.
Shiiku
C
C
Kushiro Prefectural Hospital, Kushiro, Japan.
Harada
H
H
Yamamoto
N
N
Ito
T
T
Koizumi
J
J
Matsui
T
T
Abe
T
T
D005260:Female; D015745:Granuloma, Foreign-Body / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D010232:Paraffin / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D010264:Paraplegia / Q000209:etiology*; D014397:Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / Q000601:surgery
D010232:Paraffin