MRI Findings of Giant Cell Tumors of the Spine
| Autor: | Eun Yoon Cho, Sang Kyu Yi, Sang-Hee Choi, Hye Won Chung, Sung Hwan Hong, Jong Won Kwon, Young Cheol Yoon |
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| Rok vydání: | 2007 |
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Giant Cell Tumor of Bone Male musculoskeletal diseases Thorax medicine.medical_specialty Spinal Neoplasms Adolescent business.industry General Medicine Middle Aged Cystic Change Sacrum Magnetic Resonance Imaging Spine (zoology) Pathognomonic medicine Humans Female Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging Lumbar spine Radiology Giant Cell Tumors business Rachis |
| Zdroj: | American Journal of Roentgenology. 189:246-250 |
| ISSN: | 1546-3141 0361-803X |
| Popis: | OBJECTIVE. The purpose of this article is to describe the MRI features of giant cell tumors of the spine in 10 patients.CONCLUSION. One of the tumors was located in C7. The other nine tumors were located in the thoracic spine, lumbar spine, and sacrum, three in each site. The characteristic findings included an expansile mass with heterogeneous low to intermediate signal intensity on the T2-weighted images (10/10), a curvilinear area of signal void on T1- and T2-weighted images (9/10), and cystic changes within the mass (4/10). Although no imaging feature was pathognomonic, MRI was found to be valuable in identifying the tumor, revealing its extent, and defining its relationship with the intraspinal structures. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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