Spinal metastasis, MR
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Mehmet Albayram, MD, Ivan Davis, MD, Mariam Hanna, MD, Anthony Mancuso, MD, Ronald Quisling, MD, Dhanashree Rajderkar, MD, Priya Sharma, MD, Roberta Slater, MD and Joann Stamm, MBA have disclosed that they have no relevant financial relationships. No one else is a position to control content have any financial relationship to disclose.
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CB1556-Spinal metastasis, MR
CB1556-Spinal metastasis, MR
Case ReportHistory
Exam
Prior Study
Findings
Paraspinal soft tissues
There are soft tissue masses in the anterior and posterolateral paravertebral tissues at the level of T11.
Spine and epidural space
There are multiple destructive/erosive process, mass, or abnormal signal changes/contrast enhancement present in the vertebral bodies and posterior elements. There are pathological compression fractures with retropulsion into the spinal canal. The spinal alignment is abnormal. There is an epidural disease process present causing compression of the thecal sac and related neural elements.
Thecal sac and subarachnoid space
The thecal sac is extrinsically abnormal.
Spinal cord
The spinal cord is displaced and compressed. There is a spinal cord abnormality that alters its signal intensity.
Additional findings:
Bulky mediastinal masses. Diffuse myositis of the lumbar paravertebral muscles.