Spinal metastases are present in up to 10% of all cancer patients at some time during the
course of their disease. Pain is the most common presenting symptom, and neurological …

Fifty-eight patients with suspected epidural metastases were evaluated with MR imaging. Six
patients were examined on two separate occasions. MR was judged to be diagnostic in 60 …

Any malignant neoplasm possesses the capacity to metastasize to the musculoskeletal
system. Because the spine is the most frequent site of bone metastasis, imaging must be …

Bone scintigraphy (RN) and magnetic resonance imaging (MR) were prospectively and
retrospectively correlated in 64 patients with suspected spinal metastatic disease and …

Metastases to the spine can involve the bone, epidural space, leptomeninges, and spinal
cord. The spine is the third most common site for metastatic disease, following the lung and …

Spinal involvement by systemic malignancy is common, and often leads to extradural
compression of the spinal cord and/or nerve roots by metastases. Rapid, anatomically …

Magnetic resonance imaging has been increasingly used in recent years to screen patients
with suspected spinal metastases. The authors present four cases, all of whom were elderly …

Objective: To determine the role of Magnetic Resonance (MR) imaging for the investigation
of patients with suspected metastasis to the spine by bone scintigraphy. Material and …

The objective of this study was to determine tbe efiicacy of spinal MRI in suspected spinal
metastasis. The effect of spinal MRl on treatment planning choices (radiation, chemotherapy …

Forty patients with known primary tumor and progressive back pain, suspected of having
spinal metastatic disease, underwent magnetic resonance (MR) examinations of the thoracic …