• Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging
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• 제42권3호
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• pp.218-228
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• 2008

목적 : 본 연구의 목적은 골스캔이 없이 FDG PET/CT가 단독으로 척추골전이 평가에 사용될 경우 간과될 수 있는 척추골전이의 양상을 알아보기 위한 것이며 이와 더불어 척추골전이에서 FDG PET/CT와 골스캔간에 불일치 소견을 보이는 병소의 특징을 파악하고자 하는 것이었다. 대상 및 방법 : 척추골전이가 있는 43명의 환자군의 FDG PET/CT와 골스캔을 후향적으로 분석하였다. FDG PET/CT와 골스캔상 불일치하는 소견을 보인 병소를 주의깊게 분석하였다. FDG PET/CT 단독과 골스캔을 참조한 FDG PET/CT 결과들을 McNemar 검정을 이용하여 분석하였다. FDG PET/CT 단독분석상 간과된 척추골전이 병소의 특징을 알아보기 위하여 일방항카이스퀘어 검정을 시행하였다. 척추골전이 병소의 Tc-99m MDP 섭취와 연관이 있는 인자를 확인하기 위하여 로지스틱 회귀분석을 시행하였다. 독립변수는 위치(경추부, 흉추부, 요추부), 전이 병소 크기(큼, 작음), 및 최대 SUV로 설정하였으며, 종속변수는 골스캔의 섭취(양성 및 음성 MDP 섭취)로 하였다. 결과 FDG PET/CT 단독 분석의 결과는 FDG PET/CT와 골스캔을 함께 참조한 경우와 유의하게 달랐다(p<0.01). FDG PET/CT 단독 분석상에서 미만성조골전이는 유의하게 높은 빈도로 간과되는 경향이 있었다(p=0.04). 척추골전이의 Tc-99m MDP 섭취에 연관이 있는 인자를 확인하기 위한 단변량 로지스틱 회귀분석상 경추부 병소 및 작은 전이 병소는 음성 MDP 섭취와 관련이 있었으며, 흉추부 병소 및 큰 전이 병소는 양성 MDP 섭취와 연관이 있었다. 그러나, 다변량 로지스틱 회귀분석상 오직 전이 병소의 크기만이 양성 MDP 섭취와 연관이 있었다(p<0.01). 결론 : 골스캔은 척추골전이 평가에 있어 FDG PET/CT에 추가적인 역할을 하며, 특히 미만성조골전이에서 더욱 그러하다. 척추골전이 병소의 크기와 골스캔상 섭취가 연관이 있는 듯 하다.

• The Korean Journal of Pain
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• 제34권4호
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• pp.375-393
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• 2021

Percutaneous osteoplasty (POP) is defined as the injection of bone cement into various painful bony lesions, refractory to conventional therapy, as an extended technique of percutaneous vertebroplasty (PVP). POP can be applied to benign osteochondral lesions and malignant metastatic lesions throughout the whole skeleton, whereas PVP is restricted to the vertebral body. Common spinal metastases occur in the thoracic (70%), lumbosacral (20%), and cervical (10%) vertebrae, in order of frequency. Extraspinal metastases into the ribs, scapulae, sternum, and humeral head commonly originate from lung and breast cancers; extraspinal metastases into the pelvis and femoral head come from prostate, urinary bladder, colon, and uterine cervical cancers. Pain is aggravated in the dependent (or weight bearing) position, or during movement (or respiration). The tenderness and imaging diagnosis should match. The supposed mechanism of pain relief in POP is the augmentation of damaged bones, thermal and chemical ablation of the nociceptive nerves, and local inhibition of tumor invasion. Adjacent (facet) joint injections may be needed prior to POP (PVP). The length and thickness of the applied needle should be chosen according to the targeted bone. Bone cement is also selected by its osteoconduction, osteoinduction, and osteogenesis. Needle route should be chosen as a shortcut to reach the target bony lesions, without damage to the nerves and vessels. POP is a promising minimally invasive procedure for immediate pain relief. This review provides a technical survey for POPs in painful bony lesions.

• The Korean Journal of Pain
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• 제10권2호
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• pp.304-307
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• 1997

Continuous epidural infusion, a combination of local anesthetic and opioid, have been widely administered for treatment of chronic cancer pain. A serious complications of epidural block is paraplegia which can also be caused by : direct spinal cord injury, epidural hematoma, epidural abscess, ischemic change, neurotoxicity, preexisting disease. Continuous epidural block for pain control of patient with cervical cancer was performed at $T_{12}/L_1$ interspace. A 4 cm catheter was inserted cephalad into the epidural space. After four months, back pain and motor weariless of lower extremities progressively developed. Spine CT showed bony destruction and soft mass-like lesion at $T_9$ & $T_{12}$ spine. We propose paraplegia was caused by spinal cord compression which resulted from vertebral metastasis of cervical cancer.

• Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging
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• 제43권6호
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• pp.588-591
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• 2009

A 26-year-old man with renal cell carcinoma underwent $^{99m}Tc$-HDP bone scintigraphy for detecting bony metastasis after left total nephrectomy for renal cell carcinoma. $^{99m}Tc$-HDP bone scintigraphy showed small hot lesion in the first lumbar spine. About 12 months later, he underwent spinal MRI for lower back pain. A large mass was seen around spinous process of the first lumbar spine (L1) on spinal MRI and confirmed as metastatic renal cell carcinoma by bone biopsy. $^{99m}Tc$-HDP bone scintigraphy and $^{18}F$-FDG PET/CT were underwent for further evaluation. $^{99m}Tc$-HDP bone scintigraphy showed cold lesion in the first lumbar spine which was initially hot and newly developed hot lesion in the twelfth thoracic spine, and which were shown as hypermetabolic lesions in $^{18}F$-FDG PET/CT. We report a case of bony metastasis from renal cell carcinoma which is changed from hot lesion to cold lesion in $^{99m}Tc$-HDP bone scintigraphy and compare with $^{18}F$-FDG PET/CT.

• Journal of Korean Neurosurgical Society
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• 제48권3호
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• pp.276-280
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• 2010

Liposarcomas are malignant tumors of the soft tissue, with myxoid liposarcoma being the second most common subtype, tending to occur in the limbs, particularly in the thighs. Myxoid liposarcomas have an intermediate prognosis between well-differentiated and pleomorphic tumors. Spinal metastasis is usual but intradural involvement is extremely rare. We present an unusual case of a multicentric myxoid liposarcoma with intradural involvement. A 41-year-old woman complained of tingling sensation on her left arm. Radiological evaluation revealed multiple masses in her cervical spine, abdominal wall, liver, heart and right thigh, all of which were resected. She was histologically diagnosed with small round cell myxoid sarcoma and underwent adjuvant chemotherapy. However, magnetic resonance imaging analysis after 1 year revealed a large metastatic mass with bony invasion at the C6-T1 level. This mass consisted of extradural and intradural components causing severe compression of the spinal cord. She underwent resection via a posterior facetectomy of C6-7 and an anterior C7 corpectomy. However, the patient died of multiple metastases 18 months after the first diagnosis.

• Journal of Korean Neurosurgical Society
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• 제53권1호
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• pp.46-48
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• 2013

Chondrosarcoma is a very uncommon malignant primary bone tumor, especially, it occurs extremely rare in the spine. A 52-year-old man was admitted to the emergency room with sudden paraplegia. Twelve hours prior to a paraplegic event, he visited an outpatient clinic with discomfort and tenderness around the medial border of the right scapular, and his neurologic status was absolutely intact. Magnetic resonance imaging showed a lobulated soft tissue mass from T3 to T5, which extended to the epidural space. Computed tomography scans showed soft tissue mass on the spinal posterior arch and osteolytic change of the adjacent bony structures. Emergent surgery was performed and the lesion was removed. Dark reddish blood and gel-like material were encountered around the dura and posterior arch during the operation. Multiple pulmonary nodules were found on a chest CT scan and a biopsy of one of them had been proven to be a metastasis of chondrosarcoma. The histologic examination showed dedifferentiated chondrosarcoma. The patient's neurologic deficit was improved slowly from ASIA A to ASIA D. Chondrosarcoma in the spine is extremely rare, even more with acute hemorrhage and sudden expansion into the epidural space. We named it chondrosarcoma apoplexy. We should consider the possibility of a hemorrhagic event when the patient's neurologic deficit worsens suddenly with spinal bone tumor.

• 치과방사선
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• 제29권1호
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• pp.341-355
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• 1999

Squamous cell carcinoma is the most common type of oral cancer and odontogenic myxoma is relatively uncommon benign tumor of mesenchymal origin. There are, to our knowledge, no prior reports of simultaneously occurring squamous cell carcinoma and odontogenic myxoma of the jaw bones. In this case, at first, the plain films and computed tomograms revealed a large expansile multilocular radiolucent lesion on left mandible and marked expansion of cortical plate. In addition this radiograms revealed also infiltrative bony destruction of anterior and medial border of ascending ramus of left mandible and alveolar bone of left maxilla, floating teeth on left lower molar area and metastatic enlargement of left submandibular, jugular digastric and spinal accessory lymphnodes. Magnetic resonance imaging of this patient revealed infiltrative growth of tumor on alveolar bone of left maxilla, left retromolar fat pad. left masseter and left medial pterygoid muscle. Intraoral presurgical biopsy presented typical features of squamous cell carcinoma. After chemotherapy with radiation therapy during 6 months. this central lesion was diagnosed as odontogenic myxoma by the postsurgical biopsy. After 3 months, this patient presented multiple metastatic signs at lumbar spines, rib and liver. Consequently, our case is simultaneous occurrence of squamous cell carcinoma and odontogenic myxoma.