Primary osseous amyloidoma causing spinal cord compression

H J Cloft; D J Quint; J M Markert; M D Iannettoni; S M Papadopoulos

Primary osseous amyloidoma causing spinal cord compression

AJNR Am J Neuroradiol. 1995 May;16(5):1152-4.

Authors

H J Cloft¹, D J Quint, J M Markert, M D Iannettoni, S M Papadopoulos

Affiliation

¹ Department of Radiology, University of Michigan Hospital, Ann Arbor 48109-0030, USA.

PMID: 7639143
PMCID: PMC8337791

Abstract

The myelographic, CT, and MR findings of a rare localized primary bone amyloidoma causing upper thoracic spinal cord compression are presented. Imaging showed a large, calcified mass centered in the posteromedial portion of the left second rib that invaded the second thoracic vertebra and the spinal canal.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Amyloidosis / diagnosis*
Amyloidosis / pathology
Biopsy, Needle
Diagnosis, Differential
Diagnostic Imaging*
Humans
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Male
Middle Aged
Myelography
Ossification, Heterotopic / diagnosis*
Ossification, Heterotopic / pathology
Ribs / pathology
Spinal Cord / pathology
Spinal Cord Compression / diagnosis*
Spinal Cord Compression / pathology
Thoracic Vertebrae / pathology
Tomography, X-Ray Computed