PMC5291591_01
Bone scanning reveals increased radioactivity in the ninth and tenth thoracic vertebrae and in the eighth right posterior rib. No abnormal activity was observed in the left occipital and temporal bones.
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F1
B viral DNA levels were 2.02 x 104 copies/mL. Bone scanning revealed metastases in the ninth and tenth thoracic vertebrae and in the eighth right posterior rib (Figure 1), and CT revealed destruction of the ninth and tenth thoracic vertebrae (Figure 2).
Computed tomography reveals destruction of the tenth thoracic vertebra (the tenth thoracic level).
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F2
B viral DNA levels were 2.02 x 104 copies/mL. Bone scanning revealed metastases in the ninth and tenth thoracic vertebrae and in the eighth right posterior rib (Figure 1), and CT revealed destruction of the ninth and tenth thoracic vertebrae (Figure 2).
Computed tomography of the skull base reveals a large mass that destroyed the left occipital and temporal bones and invaded the adjacent structure.
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F3
Our neurological examination revealed left VII, IX, X, and XI cranial nerve paralysis, and CT of the skull base revealed a large mass that had destroyed the left occipital and temporal bones and invaded the adjacent structure (Figure 3).