1: Kars Public Hospital Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Kars, Turkey
2: Ankara University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Sıhhiye, Ankara, Turkey
Volume 27, Issue 3, September 2016
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Mediterr J Rheumatol 2016;27(3):108-10
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Diagnosis of Langerhans cell histiocytosis in a patient with vertebral lytic lesion and low back pain
Abstract
The identification of lytic vertebral lesions on magnetic resonance imaging usually points to tumor metastasis in adults. We present a 47-year-old female complaining of back pain who had palpable breast mass and a vertebral lytic lesion on magnetic resonance imaging. Detailed investigation yielded the diagnosis of Langerhans cell histiocytosis rather than tumor metastasis.
