title: Chordoma in a chronic pain patient.
abstract: A 60-year-old woman was admitted to the hospital with a recurrence of low back pain. She was begun on a behavior modification pain control program. Follow-up x-rays, including CT scan of the lumbosacral spine, showed a large tumor of the L3 vertebra. She subsequently underwent surgical resection of a large chordoma of the L3 vertebra and had good resolution of her back pain.
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: McCain
mesh_terms: D001416:Back Pain / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D002817:Chordoma / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery; D003951:Diagnostic Errors; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008159:Lumbar Vertebrae / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008875:Middle Aged; D010148:Intractable Pain / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D013125:Spinal Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed