Abstract
A case of spinal cord compression in an oncology patient is presented. The compression was caused by minimal expansion of a vertebral body involved by a metastatic deposit impinging on a previously asymptomatic lipomatous spinal cord tumour. Nuclear magnetic resonance imaging clearly demonstrated both the vertebral metastasis and the intramedullary and extramedullary components of the lipomatous tumour in a single noninvasive investigation.
Publication types
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Case Reports
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Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
MeSH terms
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Aged
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Humans
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Lipoma / complications*
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Lipoma / diagnosis
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Magnetic Resonance Imaging
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Male
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Spinal Cord / diagnostic imaging
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Spinal Cord / pathology
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Spinal Cord Compression / diagnosis
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Spinal Cord Compression / diagnostic imaging
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Spinal Cord Compression / etiology*
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Spinal Cord Neoplasms / complications*
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Spinal Cord Neoplasms / diagnosis
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Spinal Cord Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging
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Spinal Neoplasms / complications*
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Spinal Neoplasms / diagnosis
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Spinal Neoplasms / secondary
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Tomography, X-Ray Computed