Metastatic vertebral tumor misdiagnosed in magnetic resonance imaging as benign degenerative bone marrow changes: a case report

Yanik B., SONEL TUR B., Kutlay Ş.

RHEUMATOLOGY INTERNATIONAL, cilt.25, sa.5, ss.384-387, 2005 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 25 Sayı: 5
  • Basım Tarihi: 2005
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1007/s00296-004-0510-9
  • Dergi Adı: RHEUMATOLOGY INTERNATIONAL
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.384-387
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: computed tomography, bone marrow changes, breast carcinoma, low back pain, magnetic resonance imaging, scintigraphy, skeletal metastases, MR, CANCER
  • Ankara Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Many disorders including congenital, degenerative, inflammatory, and neoplastic lesions are associated with low back pain. It is essential to differentiate between malignant disease and the more common causes of back pain. We report a man with low back and right groin pain as a result of metastatic breast carcinoma which was misdiagnosed in magnetic resonance imaging as benign degenerative changes.