title: A spinal hamartoma in an aged woman.
abstract: Spinal harmatoma is an extremely rare tumor, and only 16 cases have been reported previously. We report on a 73-year-old woman with low back pain because of spinal hamartoma. To our knowledge, the current report is the first published case of a spinal hamartoma without other systemic diseases in the aged.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan.
authors.forename: Hsin-Chung
authors.initials: HC
authors.lastname: Lin
authors.forename: Cheng-Ping
authors.initials: CP
authors.lastname: Yu
authors.forename: Ming-Ying
authors.initials: MY
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Herng-Sheng
authors.initials: HS
authors.lastname: Lee
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006222:Hamartoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D017116:Low Back Pain / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D013118:Spinal Cord Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery