Widespread inflammatory response to osteoblastoma: the flare phenomenon.

Authors
Category Primary study
JournalRadiology
Year 1990
A case of vertebral osteoblastoma caused a diffuse, reactive inflammatory infiltrate in two vertebrae, adjacent ribs, and the paraspinous soft tissues. The authors call this the flare phenomenon. On magnetic resonance images the diffuse inflammatory response caused a misleading appearance that simulated a malignant process (lymphoma or Ewing sarcoma). A computed tomographic myelogram was diagnostic.
Epistemonikos ID: 19261a31a7d754b81dcc3898cbf74b5c65ae7723
First added on: Apr 19, 2022