ABSTRACT
This is a report of a patient who developed thoracic cystic myelopathy immediately following an otherwise successful decompression operation for spondylotic stenosis secondary to osteophyte formation of the thoracic spinal canal. As this case shows, thoracic laminectomy is not without risks, and cystic myelopathy is a potential complication that should be borne in mind when surgery for spondylosis is being planned. Cavitation of the spinal cord may be associated with trauma secondary to extramedullary cord compression.
Subject(s)
Spinal Canal/surgery , Spinal Cord Compression/complications , Spinal Cord Compression/surgery , Spinal Cord Diseases/etiology , Spinal Stenosis/surgery , Spondylitis/surgery , Humans , Magnetic Resonance Imaging , Male , Middle Aged , Spinal Cord/diagnostic imaging , Spinal Cord/pathology , Spinal Cord/surgery , Spinal Cord Compression/pathology , Spinal Cord Diseases/diagnostic imaging , Spinal Cord Diseases/pathology , Spinal Stenosis/diagnostic imaging , Spinal Stenosis/pathology , Spondylitis/diagnostic imaging , Spondylitis/pathology , UltrasonographyABSTRACT
Xantogranulomatous pyelonephritis is a severe chronic form of renal parenquimal infection that usually results in diffuse renal destruction. An unusual case of xanthogranulomatous pyelonephritis in a child is reported which presented as a focal mass without calculus in a functioning kidney and was diagnosed as a renal tumor.
