A SURPRISING CAUSE OF BACK PAIN AND DIFFICULTY WALKING

MEHMET UÇAR, İRFAN KOCA, MUSTAFA IŞIK, FATİH KOÇYİĞİT, AYŞE BAHŞİ

Journal of Clinical Practice and Research - 2014;36(4):184-186

Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Bozok University Faculty of Medicine, Yozgat, Turkey

 

Carcinoid tumors are neuroendocrine neoplasms that originate from enterochromaffin cells. The incidence of the disease is 1 per 100,000 per year. Carcinoid tumors usually metastasize to the liver, lungs, and lymph nodes. In recent studies, the rate of bone metastasis was determined to be around 10%. In this case study, we report that a patient’s complaints of back pain, difficulty walking, and spinal metastasis that had been detected were related to carcinoid tumors.