PHC Medical Necessity Criteria for Pain Management …

17. Hemangioma. Corduroy spine. Most common benign tumor of spine. Clinical significance - body is hard as a rock - can push out through back of body and get disc symptoms - perform MRI to see if tumor is coming out. 18. Paget's. 19. Langerhans cell . Vertebral plana or silver dollar vertebra. Young person. 20. Osteonecrosis (from steroid use) ................
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