title: Oxidised regenerated cellulose as a cause of paraplegia after thoracotomy: case report and review of the literature.
abstract: METHODS
  Case report.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  To report an unusual case of paraplegia.
  
  
  METHODS
  University Hospital Bursa, Turkey.
  
  
  METHODS
  A 22-year-old woman presented with paraplegia following a left-sided thoracotomy. Magnetic resonance imaging showed a dorsal epidural mass at the level of T6. The patient underwent an emergency T6/7 laminectomy and removal of a tuft of oxidised regenerated cellulose, which had migrated through the intervertebral foramen causing spinal cord compression.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  In cases of neurological deficits after surgery at the posterolateral edge of a thoracotomy, the clinician should be aware of the above possibility. Urgent radiological diagnosis and decompressive laminectomy is the treatment of choice.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, School of Medicine, Uludağ University, Bursa, Turkey.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Dogan
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kocaeli
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Doygun
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002483:Cellulose, Oxidized / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D019299:Decompression, Surgical; D005260:Female; D006490:Hemostatics / Q000009:adverse effects*; D006801:Humans; D007796:Laminectomy; D009779:Occlusive Dressings / Q000009:adverse effects; D010264:Paraplegia / Q000139:chemically induced* / Q000601:surgery*; D013117:Spinal Cord Compression / Q000139:chemically induced* / Q000601:surgery*; D013908:Thoracotomy / Q000009:adverse effects
chemical_list: D002483:Cellulose, Oxidized; D006490:Hemostatics; C013695:Surgicel