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Michael John Gabe1, Andrew M Allmendinger, Alan Krauthamer
1Department of Radiology, St. Vincent's Catholic Medical Center, New York, NY 10011, USA. brumsky@gmail.com
Abstract:
Malignant neoplasia involving contiguous vertebrae and the corresponding intervertebral discs is a rare occurrence that has similar imaging manifestations as pyogenic osteodiscitis. The authors describe the imaging manifestations of two cases of malignant neoplasia mimicking pyogenic osteodiscitis. We present a case of an 83-year-old male with metastatic non-small cell lung carcinoma and an 82-year-old female with a plasmacytoma, both within the thoracic spine. These cases illustrate how the imaging features of pyogenic osteodiscitis may parallel those of malignant neoplasia.
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