Case report: vertebral foreign body granuloma mimicking a skeletal metastasis.
case_report · Level V
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Abstract
Intraosseous foreign body granuloma formation related to migrated surgical material is a rarely reported condition with variable imaging appearance. In this case report, we describe a foreign body granuloma that occurred in a lumbar vertebral body one level above a prior surgical fusion. The lytic appearance mimicked a skeletal metastasis in a 65-year-old patient with recently diagnosed renal cell carcinoma. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first reported case of a lumbar vertebral foreign body granuloma occurring distant from the site of surgery, indistinguishable from skeletal metastasis on radiologic examination.
Medical subject headings
- Granuloma, Foreign-Body
- Lumbar Vertebrae
- Magnetic Resonance Imaging
- Radionuclide Imaging
- Spinal Diseases
Anatomy
- lumbar spine