A 50 year old man suffering from carcinoma of prostate showed areas of sclerosis and collapse of T10 and T11 vertebrae in X-ray. The spread of this cancer to the above vertebrae was most probably through –
Correct Answer: Internal vertebral plexus of veins
Description: Vertebral metastasis in prostate cancer is explained by the prostatic veins which drain into internal vertebral venous plexus (Batson’s vertebral plexus).
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