Osteochondroma of the thoracic spine: a dumbbell mass associated with spinal cord compression

✍ Scribed by R.Nuri Sener

• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 1998
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 298 KB
• Volume: 22
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0895-6111
• DOI: 10.1016/s0895-6111(98)00038-x

✦ Synopsis

Neurological complications such as spinal cord compression has rarely been reported both in the solitary type of osteochondroma or in multiple osteochondromas. We report a a 65-year-old patient with a thoracic osteochondroma involving the neural arch of T6, and the corresponding rib, who was followed-up for 5 years. Approximately 3 years after partial surgical removal, the lesion manifested as a dumbbell mass passing through the neural foramen leading to cord compression, and a hemilaminectomy was performed with subtotal tumor excision. A clinical follow-up 2 years later revealed normal findings.