Lumbar spine metastasis in cervical carcinoma: a characteristic pattern.
A review of 339 cases of uterine cervix carcinoma revealed lumbar spine involvement characterized by unilateral destruction or sclerosis of contiguous vertebrae, often with disk narrowing and accompanied by high ureteral obstruction. The left side is usually involved probably due to direct invasion from tumor-containing lymph nodes.
D001027:Aortography; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008159:Lumbar Vertebrae; D008220:Lymphography; D009362:Neoplasm Metastasis; D012598:Sclerosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology; D013125:Spinal Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000556:secondary*; D002583:Uterine Cervical Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology