Case report: inflammatory pseudotumour of the spine, with literature review

Br J Neurosurg. 1997 Dec;11(6):570-2. doi: 10.1080/02688699745754.

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.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Decompression, Surgical
  • Diagnostic Imaging
  • Female
  • Granuloma, Plasma Cell / diagnosis
  • Granuloma, Plasma Cell / pathology
  • Granuloma, Plasma Cell / surgery*
  • Humans
  • Middle Aged
  • Spinal Cord Compression / diagnosis
  • Spinal Cord Compression / pathology
  • Spinal Cord Compression / surgery*
  • Spinal Diseases / diagnosis
  • Spinal Diseases / pathology
  • Spinal Diseases / surgery*
  • Thoracic Vertebrae / pathology
  • Thoracic Vertebrae / surgery