title: Magnetic resonance imaging of spinal amyloid.
abstract: This report describes a patient with a history of breast carcinoma who presented with back pain and multiple collapsed vertebrae. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) demonstrated a diffuse bone marrow abnormality, more in keeping with an infiltrative process than with metastases. A bone biopsy confirmed the suspected diagnosis of vertebral involvement by amyloid.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Royal Marsden Hospital, Sutton, Surrey.
authors.forename: J F
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Olliff
authors.forename: J R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Hardy
authors.forename: M P
authors.initials: MP
authors.lastname: Williams
authors.forename: T J
authors.initials: TJ
authors.lastname: Powles
mesh_terms: D000686:Amyloidosis / Q000175:diagnosis*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008875:Middle Aged; D013122:Spinal Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*