Case Report
A Surprising Cause of Back Pain and Difficulty Walking
1Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Bozok University Faculty of Medicine, Yozgat, Turkey
2Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Gaziantep University Faculty of Medicine, Gaziantep, Turkey
3Department of Orthopedics and Traumatology, Gaziantep University Faculty of Medicine, Gaziantep, Turkey
2Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Gaziantep University Faculty of Medicine, Gaziantep, Turkey
3Department of Orthopedics and Traumatology, Gaziantep University Faculty of Medicine, Gaziantep, Turkey
J Clin Pract Res 2014; 36(4): 184-186 DOI: 10.5152/etd.2014.7460
Abstract
Carcinoid tumors are neuroendocrine neoplasms that originate from enterochromaffin cells. The incidence of the disease is 1 per 100,000 per year. Carcinoid tumors usually metastasize to the liver, lungs, and lymph nodes. In recent studies, the rate of bone metastasis was determined to be around 10%. In this case study, we report that a patient’s complaints of back pain, difficulty walking, and spinal metastasis that had been detected were related to carcinoid tumors.
Keywords: Carcinoid tumor, spinal cord, magnetic resonance imaging