ミウラ　イサム   ISAMU Miura   三浦　勇    所属   医学部 医学科（東京女子医科大学病院）    職種   助教
論文種別	症例報告
言語種別	英語
査読の有無	査読あり
表題	Tumoral Calcinosis of Thoracic Spine Associated with Vertebral Fracture and Inflammatory Reactions.
掲載誌名	正式名：Case reports in orthopedics 略　 称：Case Rep Orthop ISSNコード：20906749/20906757
掲載区分	国外
巻・号・頁	2020,pp.8881698
著者・共著者	Miura Isamu, Kubota Motoo, Takebayashi Kento, Momosaki Oji, Honma Koichi, Kawamata Takakazu, Yuzurihara Masahito
発行年月	2020
概要	Tumoral calcinosis involving the spine is rare. The involvement of the thoracic spine is rarer than that of the cervical or lumbar spine. We report a case of thoracic tumoral calcinosis accompanied by vertebral fracture with increased concentrations of inflammatory markers and no abnormalities in serum calcinosis and phosphorus concentration. A 60-year-old woman presented with complete paraplegia. Her white blood cell count and C-reactive protein (CRP) concentration were elevated. The thoracic magnetic resonance imaging revealed vertebral fracture and an epidural mass that demonstrated low intensity on both T2- and T1-weighted images at the T9/10 dorsal side of the central canal. This lesion is larger in size than that observed in the previous 2 months. Her laboratory data showed signs of infection, and only decompression surgery without fixation for treatment and diagnosis was performed. Histopathological examination was consistent with tumoral calcinosis. Postoperatively, the patient's white cell count and CRP concentration were normalized. We found that tumoral calcinosis can occur at the thoracic level on the basis of the spinal instability due to the vertebral compression fracture and the accompanying increase in inflammation indicated by increased white blood cell count and CRP concentration.
DOI	10.1155/2020/8881698
PMID	32774966