Open AccessDevelopment and Validation of a Scoring System for Differential Diagnosis of Tuberculosis and Metastatic Tumor in the Spine
Author(s) -
Shuang Cao,
Xīn Gào,
Guangjian Bai,
Baoquan Xin,
Tao Wang,
Jiantao Cao,
Kai Lv,
Chengzhang Zhu,
Xiangzhi Ni,
Weiwei Zou,
Yejin Zhou,
Jianru Xiao,
Tielong Liu
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
infection and drug resistance
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.033
H-Index - 39
ISSN - 1178-6973
DOI - 10.2147/idr.s298316
Subject(s) - medicine , differential diagnosis , logistic regression , pathological , cohort , gold standard (test) , tuberculosis , radiological weapon , radiology , metastatic tumor , pathology , metastasis , cancer
Spinal tuberculosis (TB) and metastatic tumor (MT) are common diseases with similar manifestations. Although pathological evaluation is the gold standard to confirm diagnosis, performing biopsies in all patients is not feasible. This study is aimed to create a scoring system to facilitate the differential diagnosis of spinal TB and MT before invasive procedures.