title: Thoracic disc herniation versus spinal metastases: optimizing diagnosis with magnetic resonance imaging.
abstract: Thoracic disc herniation has been difficult to diagnose, both on clinical grounds and by conventional radiologic methods. This entity may masquerade as a neoplastic mass, particularly if there is a history of primary malignancy. Magnetic resonance imaging was able to establish the correct diagnosis in each of the four cases presented here.
authors.affiliation: Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Allegheny General Hospital, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15212-9986.
authors.forename: A L
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Goldberg
authors.forename: W E
authors.initials: WE
authors.lastname: Rothfus
authors.forename: Z L
authors.initials: ZL
authors.lastname: Deeb
authors.forename: M B
authors.initials: MB
authors.lastname: Khoury
authors.forename: R H
authors.initials: RH
authors.lastname: Daffner
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007405:Intervertebral Disc Displacement / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013125:Spinal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000556:secondary*; D013904:Thoracic Vertebrae / Q000473:pathology