Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
---|---|---|---|---|
10175449 | Journal of Orthopaedic Science | 2012 | 4 Pages |
Abstract
Spinal cord compression sometimes occurs in patients with multiple myeloma (MM), and it usually involves bone infiltration from proliferative plasma cells leading to vertebral collapse, with the occasional extradural extension of a plasmacytoma [1]. However, a localized amyloid tumor, also known as an amyloidoma in the spine, is rare, and a few patients [2, 3] had underlying multiple myeloma (MM). The present case was unique in the form without osteolysis or vertebral collapse, which did not originate from adjacent spinal vertebrae, in a patient with a known diagnosis of MM.
Related Topics
Health Sciences
Medicine and Dentistry
Orthopedics, Sports Medicine and Rehabilitation
Authors
Tetsuo Hayashi, Takeshi Maeda, Takayoshi Ueta, Keiichiro Shiba, Kenzo Shirasawa, Yukihide Iwamoto,