Mikhael M A, Paige M L, Thayer C
Comput Radiol. 1982 Jan-Feb;6(1):11-5. doi: 10.1016/0730-4862(82)90175-5.
A case malignant pleural mesothelioma is presented. The initial CT scan of the chest showed a left paraspinal pleural mass at T6-T7 level. Subsequently the mass was partially resected by a left thoracotomy. The patient later developed spinal cord findings, and a followup CT scan showed partial destruction of the twelfth dorsal vertebra and intraspinal tumor at T11-T12 level. This is only the second case reporting spinal cord compression by mesothelioma and the first documented by computed tomography.
