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  • Title: Osteochondroma of the thoracic spine: a dumbbell mass associated with spinal cord compression.
    Author: Sener RN.
    Journal: Comput Med Imaging Graph; 1998; 22(4):361-3. PubMed ID: 9840669.
    Abstract:
    Neurological complications such as spinal cord compression has rarely been reported both in the solitary type of osteochondroma or in multiple osteochondromas. We report a a 65-year-old patient with a thoracic osteochondroma involving the neural arch of T6, and the corresponding rib, who was followed-up for 5 years. Approximately 3 years after partial surgical removal, the lesion manifested as a dumbbell mass passing through the neural foramen leading to cord compression, and a hemilaminectomy was performed with subtotal tumor excision. A clinical follow-up 2 years later revealed normal findings.
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