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OBJECTIVE
Solitary spinal amyloidoma is a rare entity. Amyloidomas consist of extracellular amyloid deposits with an insoluble beta-pleated proteinaceous material. Although amyloidomas are slow growing lesions, they may lead to a progressive spinal cord or nerve root compression. Moreover amyloidoma
Nine patients with severely destructive spondyloarthropathy and marked neurologic deficits associated with dialysis-related amyloidosis underwent posterior decompression and fusion by means of instrumentation at our institute. All patients showed segmental kyphosis, six patients vertebral ankylosis,
Eighty patients studied for several years (average length of time: 76 months, 24 on hemodialysis for over 10 years), were the subject of a prospective study of osteoarticular manifestations. Clinically, these manifestations were found in 58 patients (72 p. cent). Among them, 15 suffered from
In a prospective study, 80 patients undergoing long-term hemodialysis, 30% more than ten years, were evaluated for joint function and radiographic abnormalities; 58 patients (72%) had clinical symptoms; non-specific arthralgia was the most frequent; 15 patients had inflammatory pain (shoulders 9,