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Spinal Cord Compression Secondary to Brown Tumour in a Patient on Long-Term Haemodialysis: A Case Report
2009
Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery
Brown tumours may occur secondary to hyperparathyroidism in patients with chronic renal failure (CRF). Diagnosing a spinal brown tumour causing cord compression requires a high index of suspicion. We report a 65-year-old woman, who had been on haemodialysis for CRF for over 10 years, who presented with leg weakness and back pain over the thoracolumbar junction. She had a brown tumour at T8 causing subacute spinal cord compression. Ambulation was regained after surgical decompression and
doi:10.1177/230949900901700120
pmid:19398802
fatcat:puivbjksrfc6zf4bqrlrk5awgm