Korean Journal of Radiology

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A Spinal Cord Astrocytoma and Its Concurrent Osteoblastic Metastases at the Time of the Initial Diagnosis: a Case Report and Literature Review

  • Park, Ah-Young (Department of Radiology and the Research Institute of Radiological Science, Gangnam Severance Hospital, Yonsei University) ;
  • Kim, Hyun-Ki (Department of Pathology, the Spine and Spinal Cord Institute, Gangnam Severance Hospital, Yonsei University) ;
  • Chung, Tae-Sub (Department of Radiology and the Research Institute of Radiological Science, Gangnam Severance Hospital, Yonsei University) ;
  • Yoon, Choon-Sik (Department of Radiology and the Research Institute of Radiological Science, Gangnam Severance Hospital, Yonsei University) ;
  • Ryu, Young-Hoon (Department of Nuclear Medicine, the Spine and Spinal Cord Institute, Gangnam Severance Hospital, Yonsei University) ;
  • Cho, Yong-Eun (Department of Neurosurgery, the Spine and Spinal Cord Institute, Gangnam Severance Hospital, Yonsei University) ;
  • Moon, Eun-Su (Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Gangnam Severance Hospital, Yonsei University) ;
  • Kim, Sung-Jun (Department of Radiology and the Research Institute of Radiological Science, Gangnam Severance Hospital, Yonsei University)
  • Published : 2011.10.01
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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.

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