Intradural, extramedullary amyloidoma involving cervical and thoracic spine.

J Clin Neurosci

Department of Neurosurgery, University of Oklahoma College of Medicine, Suite 400, 1000 North Lincoln Boulevard, Oklahoma City, OK 73104, USA.

Published: June 2015

We present the case of a 46-year-old woman with insidious lower extremity paralysis and bowel and bladder disruption found to have an intradural, extramedullary amyloidoma from the levels of C4-T4. To our knowledge, this is the first known reported case of amyloidoma occurring in this location. Solitary amyloidoma of the spine is a rare entity typically manifesting as an extradural tumor with bony involvement.

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