A Spinal Cord Astrocytoma and Its Concurrent Osteoblastic Metastases at the Time of the Initial Diagnosis: a Case Report and Literature Review.
10.3348/kjr.2011.12.5.620
- Author:
Ah Young PARK
1
;
Hyunki KIM
;
Tae Sub CHUNG
;
Choon Sik YOON
;
Young Hoon RYU
;
Yong Eun CHO
;
Eun Su MOON
;
Sungjun KIM
Author Information
1. Department of Radiology and the Research Institute of Radiological Science, Gangnam Severance Hospital, Yonsei University, Seoul 135-720, Korea. agn70@yuhs.ac
- Publication Type:Case Report ; Review
- Keywords:
Astrocytoma;
Spinal cord;
Bone metastasis
- MeSH:
Astrocytoma/diagnosis/*secondary;
Humans;
*Lumbar Vertebrae;
Magnetic Resonance Imaging;
Male;
Middle Aged;
Spinal Cord Neoplasms/diagnosis/*pathology;
Spinal Neoplasms/diagnosis/*secondary;
*Thoracic Vertebrae
- From:Korean Journal of Radiology
2011;12(5):620-625
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
-
Abstract:
Bone metastasis from a spinal cord astrocytoma has been reported only twice in the English medical literature. It is generally known that bone metastasis is found after the initial diagnosis with/without intervening surgery rather than being found at the time of the diagnosis of astrocytoma. The purpose of this article is to report for the first time a case of concurrent bone metastasis from a spinal cord astrocytoma at the time of diagnosing the spinal cord astrocytoma.
