Uncorrect diagnosis of tubercolar spondylodiscitis in aggressive and bone destructive metastasis of melanoma: A case report and literature review

Differential diagnosis of destructive osteolytic spinal lesions can be a diagnostic challenge. In this study, we described a rare case of spinal metastases from primary desmoplastic melanoma which had incorrectly been diagnosed and treated as tuberculous spondylodiscitis. An 82-year-old male patient...

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Published in:Orthop Rev (Pavia)
Main Authors: Cipolloni, Valerio, Nasto, Luigi Aurelio, Luca, Piccone, Charlotte, Pripp, Eleonora, Gentili, Giulio, Maccauro, Enrico, Pola
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: PAGEPress Publications, Pavia, Italy 2020
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7459377/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32913605
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.4081/or.2020.8674
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