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Osteoblastic spinal metastases from prostate cancer

Case contributed by Roberto Schubert
Diagnosis almost certain

Presentation

Status post external beam radiotherapy for prostate cancer. MRI performed for bilateral shoulder and neck pain.

Patient Data

Age: 70 years
Gender: Male

Note: This case has been tagged as "legacy" as it no longer meets image preparation and/or other case publication guidelines.

Disseminated lesions in the lower cervical and upper thoracic spine. The lesions are hypointense on both T2- and T1-weighted images. Some have discrete hyperintense halos on (T2).

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