Intervertebral Disc Abnormalities Associated With Vertebral Metastasis: Observations in Patients and Cadavers with Prostatic Cancer
- 1 May 1978
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wolters Kluwer Health in Investigative Radiology
- Vol. 13 (3) , 182-190
- https://doi.org/10.1097/00004424-197805000-00002
Abstract
Abnormalities of intervertebral discs associated with vertebral metastasis from prostatic carcinoma are described in an investigation utilizing patient and cadaveric material. Radiographic and pathologic findings indicate that discal abnormality in this situation relates to three potential processes: intervertebral disc degeneration (intervertebral osteochondrosis); cartilaginous (Schmorl's) nodes; discal invasion by tumor. In most patients with vertebral metastasis, the adjacent intervertebral disc appears normal, a useful radiographic finding suggesting the presence of tumor rather than infection. Occasional patients with vertebral metastasis demonstrate roentgen abnormalities of the adjacent intervertebral disc indicating the occurrence of one or more of the above processes.Keywords
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