Thoracic disc herniation versus spinal metastases: optimizing diagnosis with magnetic resonance imaging.
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.
Goldberg
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Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Allegheny General Hospital, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15212-9986.
Rothfus
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Deeb
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Khoury
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Daffner
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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