title: A spinal cord astrocytoma and its concurrent osteoblastic metastases at the time of the initial diagnosis: a case report and literature review.
abstract: Bone metastasis from a spinal cord astrocytoma has been reported only twice in the English medical literature. It is generally known that bone metastasis is found after the initial diagnosis with/without intervening surgery rather than being found at the time of the diagnosis of astrocytoma. The purpose of this article is to report for the first time a case of concurrent bone metastasis from a spinal cord astrocytoma at the time of diagnosing the spinal cord astrocytoma.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology and the Research Institute of Radiological Science, Gangnam Severance Hospital, Yonsei University, Seoul 135-720, Korea.
authors.forename: Ah Young
authors.initials: AY
authors.lastname: Park
authors.forename: Hyunki
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Tae-Sub
authors.initials: TS
authors.lastname: Chung
authors.forename: Choon-Sik
authors.initials: CS
authors.lastname: Yoon
authors.forename: Young Hoon
authors.initials: YH
authors.lastname: Ryu
authors.forename: Yong Eun
authors.initials: YE
authors.lastname: Cho
authors.forename: Eun Su
authors.initials: ES
authors.lastname: Moon
authors.forename: Sungjun
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kim
mesh_terms: D001254:Astrocytoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000556:secondary*; D006801:Humans; D008159:Lumbar Vertebrae; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013120:Spinal Cord Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology*; D013125:Spinal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000556:secondary*; D013904:Thoracic Vertebrae