Good Morning
My 31 year old son has a spine lesion in the T3 vertebrae bone, with nuclear cell activity.
He Has DDD , he had a L 5 spine fusion three years ago, he has diabetes type two. His blood tests came back normal, except for a very slight white cell elevation.
CT scans of stomach and pelvis and chest were normal.
He has pain right where the lesion is near the shoulder blade.
He had a MRI, Full body bone scan and a bone biopsy. The biopsy came back benign.He gets weakness and numbness in his fingers.
The orthopedic spine surgeon suggested not doing a surgical biopsy because it would be from the same area.
The lesion has not changed in the past three months since they found it. He suggested coming back for another MRI in three months to see if there are any changes.
Meanwhile they started my son on vicodin and vioxx. He has had pain for 6 months.
The doctor said: just because the bone biopsy came back benign and the blood test are normal, does not mean that something could be going onand could be slow growing.
Any suggestions would be appreciated.
Thank you
Light7