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A 35-year-old female with no malignant history complains of low back pain. A spine MRI (Fig. 4.1) shows a slightly expansile bony abnormality involving T-11 with irregularity of the upper end plate. There is slight posterior bony bulge and minimal enhancing pre- and paraspinal soft tissue swelling with slight ventral cord indentation. Primary consideration is Plasmacytoma.
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Santiago, J.F.Y. (2015). Tuberculosis. In: Positron Emission Tomography with Computed Tomography (PET/CT). Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-05518-3_4
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