Respirology Case Reports (Mar 2024)

A solitary rod‐shaped intertrabecular metastasis in the femur

  • Mako Yokoyama,
  • Toshihide Inui,
  • Tomohiro Namiki,
  • Hiroaki Ishikawa,
  • Hiroko Watanabe,
  • Yuichi Dai,
  • Tohru Sakamoto

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1002/rcr2.1316
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12, no. 3
pp. n/a – n/a

Abstract

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Key message Intertrabecular metastasis (ITM) is a type of bone metastasis characterized by tumour growth without significant trabecular changes. ITM is most commonly found in vertebral bodies, and rarely in long bones. We report a solitary rod‐shaped ITM of lung adenocarcinoma in the femur.

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