T2 vertebrectomy with combined anterior and posterior arthrodesis for treatment of a solitary plasmacytoma.

Background: Plasma cell neoplasmas are a heterogenous group of neoplastic tumor lesions occurring secondary to disordered proliferation of cells from a monocyte lineage. Plasmacytoma is a rare lesion that accounts for 5% of all plasma cell neoplasms. The current recommended treatment for solitary plasmacytoma is moderate dose radiation therapy.

Bilateral iliopsoas hematoma: Case report and literature review.

Background: Clinically significant spontaneous bilateral iliopsoas hematoma is a rare complication of anticoagulation therapy. Definitive treatment of spontaneous iliopsoas hematomas is not well-established and varies between observation and surgical intervention. The intramuscular hematoma causes severe pain, muscle dysfunction, and occasionally nerve palsy with the femoral nerve most commonly affected.

Evaluation and management of abdominal lymphoceles after anterior lumbar spine surgery.

Study Design: Case report.

Objective: To examine the management of abdominal lymphoceles after anterior spine surgery and to review the existing literature on lymphoceles after access to the spine.

Summary Of Background Data: Abdominal lymphoceles are a rare complication of anterior spinal approaches.

Tentorial schwannoma: a case report and review of the literature.

Introduction: Schwannomas are most often found in association with the eighth cranial nerve, but may also arise from any other cranial nerve. They are rarely found in an intra-parenchymal location. Unusual locations for intracranial schwannomas have also been reported in association with neurofibromatosis.