Abstract
Clinicians should be alert to the presence of slight brightness and osteosclerotic changes of bones on plain X‐rays, especially in patients without a history of gastric, colon, breast, lung, or prostate cancers, which could lead to the diagnosis of disseminated carcinomatosis of bone marrow.
Highlights
A 34‐year‐old woman with lower back pain was diagnosed with disseminated carcinomatosis of bone marrow due to gastric cancer
Diffuse hyperdense areas were found in the lumbar spine (Figure 1A,B) and bilateral alae of the ilium (Figure 2)
Clinicians should be alert to the presence of slight brightness and osteosclerotic changes of bones on plain X‐rays to avoid missing the diagnosis of DCBM, especially in patients without a history of gastric, colon, breast, lung, or prostate cancers.[1,2]
Summary
A 34‐year‐old woman with lower back pain was diagnosed with disseminated carcinomatosis of bone marrow due to gastric cancer. A 34‐year‐old woman without a history of cancer visited our hospital because of lower back pain. Physical examination showed no abnormalities including breast masses or lymphadenopathy.
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