Spinal Cord Compression From Intrathecal Catheter-Tip Inflammatory Mass

2004 ◽  
Vol 29 (3) ◽  
pp. 237-242
Author(s):  
Philip Peng ◽  
Eric M Massicotte
Keyword(s):  
Spinal Cord ◽  
Spinal Cord Compression ◽  
Cord Compression ◽  
Inflammatory Mass ◽  
Intrathecal Catheter ◽  
Catheter Tip

Intrathecal catheter-tip inflammatory masses: an intraparenchymal granuloma

2008 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 196-199 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sumit Jhas ◽  
Sagun Tuli
Keyword(s):  
Spinal Cord ◽  
Drug Therapy ◽  
Imaging Studies ◽  
Inflammatory Mass ◽  
Intrathecal Catheter ◽  
Thoracic Spinal Cord ◽  
Dorsal Aspect ◽  
Thoracic Spinal ◽  
Catheter Tip

The authors report the case of a 54-year-old woman who presented with an intraparenchymal granuloma in her lower thoracic spinal cord. On imaging studies there was an intramedullary enhancement at the left dorsal aspect of the cord immediately adjacent to the tip of an intrathecal arachnoid catheter used for intraspinal drug therapy. At surgery, it was apparent that once this superficial component of the catheter and inflammatory mass was removed, there was a granulomatous component that extended into the spinal cord. A 5-mm caseating chalklike granuloma was carefully dissected away. To the authors' knowledge, this is the first reported case of an intrathecal catheter-tip granuloma growing inside the spinal cord parenchyma.

Spinal cord compression due to extramedullary hematopoiesis in beta-thalassemia

2020 ◽  
Vol 78 (10) ◽  
pp. 663-664
Author(s):  
Renan Ramon Souza LOPES ◽  
Larissa Soares CARDOSO ◽  
Franz ONISHI
Keyword(s):  
Spinal Cord ◽  
Spinal Cord Compression ◽  
Extramedullary Hematopoiesis ◽  
Cord Compression ◽  
Beta Thalassemia
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