Solitary osteochondroma with spinal cord compression

Surg Neurol. 1985 Apr;23(4):388-90. doi: 10.1016/0090-3019(85)90213-7.

Abstract

Osteochondromas are unusual in the spine, and they are very rarely present with compression of the spinal cord. Two cases are reported with delineation of the tumor by metrizamide myelography and computed tomography.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Chondroma / complications*
  • Chondroma / diagnostic imaging
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Radiography
  • Spinal Cord Compression / diagnostic imaging
  • Spinal Cord Compression / etiology*
  • Spinal Neoplasms / complications*
  • Spinal Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging