CASE 21: Breast cancer with spinal metastasis

• 54-year-old woman
• A patient with a history of surgery due to lumbar spine metastasis from breast cancer presented to us with persistent lower back and leg pain, difficulty walking and performing daily activities, and a complaint of kyphosis (hunchback).
• The patient underwent a procedure to remove existing implants, relieve spinal cord compression, correct the deformity, and strengthen the spine with lumbopelvic fixation due to a lumbar spine fracture causing kyphosis deformity.
• The patient, whose symptoms subsided, was discharged without any problems.

Before the surgery: The X-ray shows a previous screw fixation procedure and kyphosis deformity.

Before the surgery: MRI and CT scans show a severe compression fracture and spinal cord compression.

Post-Surgery: The X-ray shows that the kyphosis deformity was corrected and the spine strengthened with lumbopelvic fixation.