Radiology Corner: Case #5
Case #5 of the FPM Radiology Corner examines a patient with claudicant leg pain.
Presented by the FPM Learning Editors with contribution from Charlotte Bevan, University of Cambridge Medical Student.
An 85-year-old lady presented with claudicant leg pain on a background of long standing back pain.
She went on to have an MRI scan of the lumbar spine and the following are a sagittal and axial section.
- Point out the relevant changes of note
![Radiology case #6_1](/sites/fpm/files/styles/body_image/public/2024-01/Picture1_2.png?itok=JEBYIGIW)
![Radiology case #6_2](/sites/fpm/files/styles/body_image/public/2024-01/Picture2_1.png?itok=M3jEdp16)
![Radiology case #6_3](/sites/fpm/files/styles/body_image/public/2024-01/Picture3.png?itok=9sv7tBTJ)
- What is the differential diagnosis?
- How would you manage her?
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Further Reading
- Serratice N et al, Spinal meningiomas from biology to management – a literature review. Fron Oncol 2022; 12:1084404
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9880047/ - Radiopaedia Spinal meningiomas
https://radiopaedia.org/articles/spinal-meningioma?lang=gb