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Extraosseous epidural tumor of immunoglobulin D myeloma
1Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Toyama Medical and Pharmaceutical University, Faculty of Medicine, Japan.
Journal of Spinal Disorders
|September 1, 1992
Abstract:
We report a rare case of an immunoglobulin D (IgD) myeloma mass that occupied the lumbar epidural space. The patient presented with paraparesis combined with an extremely high concentration of serum IgD, and azotemia. A complete remission was obtained after combination chemotherapy, but the patient died from an epidural tumor in the high thoracic region 19 months after the onset of symptoms.