Tumoral calcinosis in the cervical spine: a case report and review of the literature

Rui Guo,Toshihiko Sakakibara,Tetsutaro Mizuno,Yuichi Kasai,Tatsuya Kurata,Takao Imanishi,Tetsushi Kondo

doi:10.1186/s13256-017-1474-1

Abstract

BackgroundTumoral calcinosis is rarely located in spine. A 55-year-old Japanese woman with cervical tumoral calcinosis is presented, along with a review of the literature relating to tumoral calcinosis in the spine. We discussed the etiology, diagnosis, and management of this condition.Case presentationWe report a case of a patient with cervical tumoral calcinosis with end-stage renal disease. A computed tomography scan showed a lobulated, calcified mass around the right facet joint at the fourth-fifth cervical spine and calcifications were also observed in the right intervertebral foramens at fourth-fifth cervical spine and fifth-sixth cervical spine levels and the anterior wall of the spinal canal. By performing a cervical decompression and stabilization, the patient recovered from her neurological symptoms.ConclusionsAlthough tumoral calcinosis is rarely located in the spine, it should be considered in the differential diagnosis of spinal lesions. If a calcified mass causes acute neurological symptoms, resection of the mass is still the most important treatment.

Highlights

Tumoral calcinosis is rarely located in spine
Conclusions: tumoral calcinosis is rarely located in the spine, it should be considered in the differential diagnosis of spinal lesions
A very rare patient with Tumoral calcinosis (TC) located in the cervical spine was presented and previous case reports with TC in spine summarized

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Introduction

Tumoral calcinosis is rarely located in spine. A 55-year-old Japanese woman with cervical tumoral calcinosis is presented, along with a review of the literature relating to tumoral calcinosis in the spine. Conclusions: tumoral calcinosis is rarely located in the spine, it should be considered in the differential diagnosis of spinal lesions. TC involving the spine is rare and only 31 cases of spinal TC have been reported in the English literature [4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16,17,18,19,20,21,22].

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