Abstract |
Fifteen patients with known metastatic or high-risk primary cancer, normal neurologic examinations, and new abnormalities on 99mTc bone scan were evaluated with spinal CT and magnetic resonance (MR) imaging. Four patients underwent CT metrizamide myelography. Spinal CT and MR agreed in 14 of 15 patients demonstrating spinal metastases in 12 patients and benign disease in two. In one patient spinal CT was normal, but MR showed altered marrow signal consistent with metastatic disease. Epidural tumor was demonstrated by CT metrizamide myelography in four cases, all correctly identified by MR. Further evaluation of spinal MR in this setting is warranted.
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Authors | L K Colman, B A Porter, J Redmond 3rd, D O Olson, G K Stimac, D M Dunning, K E Friedl |
Journal | Journal of computer assisted tomography
(J Comput Assist Tomogr)
1988 May-Jun
Vol. 12
Issue 3
Pg. 423-6
ISSN: 0363-8715 [Print] United States |
PMID | 3366955
(Publication Type: Journal Article)
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Topics |
- Adult
- Aged
- Female
- Humans
- Magnetic Resonance Imaging
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Prospective Studies
- Spinal Neoplasms
(diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, secondary)
- Tomography, X-Ray Computed
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