Open AccessA spinal hamartoma in an aged woman
Author(s) -
Lin HsinChung,
Yu ChengPing,
Liu MingYing,
Lee HerngSheng
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
the kaohsiung journal of medical sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.439
H-Index - 36
eISSN - 2410-8650
pISSN - 1607-551X
DOI - 10.1016/j.kjms.2010.09.007
Subject(s) - medicine , hamartoma , spinal surgery , back pain , surgery , pathology , alternative medicine
Spinal harmatoma is an extremely rare tumor, and only 16 cases have been reported previously. We report on a 73‐year‐old woman with low back pain because of spinal hamartoma. To our knowledge, the current report is the first published case of a spinal hamartoma without other systemic diseases in the aged.